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Striking ATI Steelworkers Hold the Line for Premium-Free Health Insurance

Leave a Comment / Labor Movement, manufacturing, unions / By max cyril

Across the country, steelworkers at nine plants of Allegheny Technologies, Inc. have been on strike for the last 11 weeks. They want raises; to stop contracting out; to secure full funding of their retirement benefits; and to beat back management’s efforts to introduce health insurance premiums and a second tier of coverage for younger workers. …

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Unemployment Benefits Protect Seasonal Workers

Leave a Comment / unemployment, unions / By max cyril

The Wisconsin state legislature wants to slash unemployment benefits. Seasonal workers rely on that money as job opportunities fluctuate throughout the year. This article is part of The Wisconsin Idea, an investigative reporting initiative focused on rural Wisconsin. Troy Brewer was pleased when the Milwaukee Bucks made the playoffs this year, and not just because he’s a big …

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OSHA Issues Emergency Rule for Healthcare Employers and Updates Guidance for Other Employers

Leave a Comment / healthcare, OSHA, Uncategorized / By max cyril

On January 21, 2021, one day after his inauguration, President Biden signed an executive order directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider issuing a broad emergency temporary standard (ETS) on COVID-19 in the workplace. But because COVID-19 cases have decreased significantly since January, on June 10, 2021, OSHA issued an ETS applicable to healthcare …

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There Is No Labor Shortage, Only Labor Exploitation

Leave a Comment / labor, unemployment / By max cyril

Conservatives and corporate employers are weaving an insidious web of myths, lies and exaggerations to justify maintaining low-wage jobs. For the past few months, Republicans have been waging a ferocious political battle to end federal unemployment benefits, based upon stated desires of saving the U.S. economy from a serious labor shortage. The logic, in the words of …

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HISTORIC FIX TO NEW YORK’S PART-TIME UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM A WIN FOR WORKERS; BOOSTS NEW YORK’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY BY ENCOURAGING RETURN TO WORK

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor, unemployment, unemployment insurance / By max cyril

NEW YORK, June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This week, New York’s legislature and Governor Cuomo announced a historic deal to fix the state’s worst-in-the-nation unemployment insurance rules for part-time work that were disproportionately hurting low-and-moderate income workers, especially Black and Brown workers, and holding back New York’s economic recovery. Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember …

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Don’t Just Send People Money During a Pandemic—Do It All the Time

Leave a Comment / economy, Stimulus / By max cyril

The evidence is in: Sending out direct cash payments has been a full-blown success—and we can’t afford to stop. It’s become almost a cliché in the politics of Washington, D.C.: Every time someone proposes expanding a social program or creating a new one, scores of politicians, lobbyists and so-called economic ?“experts” will pop up to tell you that it …

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IN 21 STATES ENDING ALL PANDEMIC UI PROGRAMS EARLY, 3 IN 4 WILL LOSE ALL JOBLESS AID

Leave a Comment / Department of Labor, Pandemic, Uncategorized, unemployment / By max cyril

Nearly 4 Million Workers to Lose Lifeline Unemployment Payments Starting June 12 NATIONWIDE — In the 21 states ending early their participation in all federal pandemic unemployment programs, three quarters of the workers now receiving jobless aid—nearly 2.3 million people—will be left with no state or federal jobless aid at all, according to a new analysis released …

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Volvo Workers in Virginia Vote Down Bad Contract by 90 Percent—Again

Leave a Comment / Strike, unions / By max cyril

Auto workers at Volvo’s truck plant in southwest Virginia have just voted down a concessionary contract by 90 percent—for the second time. Now they’re back on strike. “The International union has been down here twice for town halls,” said Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 member Rhonda Sisk. “Each time we say ‘take it back, it’s …

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Los Deliveristas Speak: How Delivery Workers Are Organizing to Take On the Apps

Leave a Comment / Collective Bargaining, Uncategorized, unions / By max cyril

More than 2,000 food couriers snarled traffic in Times Square through pouring rain in protest April 21 demanding better working conditions and protection from violent assaults. The mass demonstration was organized by Los Deliveristas Unidos, a loose network of immigrant gig workers that was born in the strife of the pandemic last year through online chat …

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U.S. added 559,000 jobs in May and unemployment dropped to 5.8%

Leave a Comment / economy, Jobs, unemployment / By max cyril

After a disappointing April jobs report, May looked significantly better with 559,000 new jobs added to the economy, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s still a little short of the 650,000 jobs analysts predicted, but unemployment ticked down from 6.1% to 5.8%, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic began in March 2020. “America is on the …

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