…have been assigned to the Government Operations Committee, which he chairs. While all 11 Democrats in the Senate are cosponsoring the bills, they are outnumbered 27-11 by Republicans. Read more…
…not the way it works in the real world, National Employment Law Project general counsel Catherine Ruckelshaus told LaborPress. Employers insert “intermediaries”—outsourcing jobs or hiring workers through a staffing agency—to…
…been working for years to improve conditions for car wash workers. Today, Governor Cuomo recognized that this abhorrent loophole has left immigrant workers susceptible to wage theft, and 5,000 workers…
…have the right to form unions—and with two Trump appointees and one Republican holdover forming a majority on the five-member board, it might reverse that Obama-era precedent. Read more: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/13/nlrb-rules-against-harvard/…
…that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, which had refused to cross the picket line, had ratified a two-year contract similar to that offered Local 1021. Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Future-of-Oakland-strike-unclear-as-painstaking-12423038.php…
…this anger is the feeling that this plan will lock in inequalities for generations to come,” responded Maine AFL-CIO head Matt Schlobohm. “It’s an absolutely terrible bill.” Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/04/five-protesters-arrested-at-collins-office-in-bangor/…
…actually living up to their branding as an employee friendly, sustainable business.” New Seasons Market told Willamette Week Dec. 7 that it “has a strict no-retaliation policy.” Read more: http://www.wweek.com/news/business/2017/12/07/new-seasons-workers-united-accuse-grocery-chain-of-firing-two-union-organizers/…
…faith, you can’t be at impasse.” International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, which represents about 1,000 Oakland workers, has been on strike in solidarity. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-strike-advances-another-day-becomes-12420276.php…
…Day, meanwhile prompted this response from Cassano: “MLK could go kick rocks for all I care, but thanks for the time and a half today.” “You gotta pass a test…racism…
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, at the Palace Theatre, is a lively musical based on the worldwide favorite Nickelodeon cartoon series. It’s the story of a sponge who lives under…
