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Do Your Employment References Really “Have Your Back?” Better Not Assume That Your References Will Offer a Favorable or Neutral Reference

Leave a Comment / Hiring Process, job search, Jobs, References / By max cyril

We’ve all heard that our former employers, when contacted for a reference, will only confirm (per company policy) employment dates and title. Right? Wrong. There is no guarantee that all corporate employees are aware of, or will abide be, such guidelines. Consider these verbatim comments documented by Allison & Taylor in checking employment references on behalf of job …

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NATCA’s Disaster Response Committee Raises Funds for Union Relief Efforts

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

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. With so many severe storms and wildfires having struck parts of our country over the …

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COVID-19 highlights gross inequality on this Latina Equal Pay Day

Leave a Comment / equal pay, wages / By max cyril

It’s Oct. 29, and it’s Latina Equal Pay Day. That means that on this day, the typical Latina has been paid as much since Jan. 1, 2019 as the typical white man was paid between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019. That’s because Latinas are paid just 54 or 55 cents on the white man’s dollar overall. It’s a particularly grievous injury …

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Increasing the minimum wage would help, not hurt, the economy

Leave a Comment / low-wage jobs, MinimumWage, Pandemic, wages / By max cyril

The minimum wage in the United States hasn’t budged in 11 years. Whether it should was a hotly contested question during Thursday’s final presidential debate. President Donald Trump asserted that increasing the minimum wage would crush small businesses, many of which are already struggling as a result of the pandemic, arguing that the decision should be …

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Why companies based on gig work are hurting more than their employees

Leave a Comment / gig economy, Independant Contractors / By max cyril

Imagine that one of two people will be responsible for your safety. The first receives health and dental benefits, earns more than minimum wage, has clear advancement options within their company, and may even belong to a union. The second has no insurance benefits, works wildly erratic hours, feels no allegiance to their company, and makes …

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Stiffing Corporate Lobbyists; Short-Time Work Salvation; Nurses on the Line

Leave a Comment / health care, Part-time Workers / By max cyril

It’s the permanent government—the corporate lobbyists who have friends in both parties. It is at the heart of why we don’t have Medicare for All, why the Pentagon is rolling in dough and why banks and Wall Street rip us off. Jeff Hauser, the executive director of the Revolving Door Project, talks about what the …

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The Movement for Black Lives and Labor’s Revival

Leave a Comment / Civil Rights, Uncategorized, unions / By max cyril

The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis ignited the most widespread series of protests in U.S. history. Working people—not only Black, but people of all races—were the driving force. Even labor leaders who are usually reluctant to weigh in on hot social issues spoke out. The challenge now is to bring the militancy and …

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Overcoming Inequality in Unemployment Benefit Access and Utilization

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized, unemployment, unemployment insurance / By max cyril

History may not repeat itself but it certainly rhymes. Today’s unemployed Black workers face a system of unequal state policies and practices that were created after the Civil War to maintain white supremacy and prevent Black Americans from obtaining wealth. These discriminatory policies drive enormous and persistent wage and wealth gaps, as well as the …

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Prop 22 is Bad for Black Workers

Leave a Comment / gig economy, Independant Contractors, Uncategorized / By max cyril

When the pandemic forced Cherri Murphy to stop driving for Lyft, she applied for unemployment benefits like millions of other workers. But because Lyft has refused to pay into California’s unemployment insurance fund, insisting that its workers are independent contractors rather than employees, Cherri received zero dollars in unemployment benefits. By day, Ms. Murphy is …

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How Coronavirus Exposed the Flaws of the Childcare Economy

Leave a Comment / Childcare, Pandemic / By max cyril

The U.S. government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that childcare workers in the nation have a median salary of just over $24,000 a year—below the poverty line for a family of four. The segment of our nation’s workforce that attends to the basic needs of our children is shockingly underpaid, and now during the coronavirus pandemic, left …

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