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How much would it cost consumers to give farmworkers a significant raise?

Leave a Comment / Farm Workers, wages / By max cyril

The increased media coverage of the plight of the more than 2 million farmworkers who pick and help produce our food—and whom the Trump administration has deemed to be “essential” workers for the U.S. economy and infrastructure during the coronavirus pandemic—has highlighted the difficult and often dangerous conditions farmworkers face on the job, as well …

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Unemployment Payments Are Running Out for Millions, Even As Long-Term Unemployment Surges

Large numbers of jobless workers are seeing their unemployment payments come to an end as they reach their maximum weeks of eligibility despite short-term federal extensions. If Congress fails to act, millions more will suffer a total loss of income as their benefits expire at the end of the year. The loss of unemployment payments …

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Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations

Leave a Comment / Health & Safety, Pandemic, workplace safety / By max cyril

When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New Jersey, where he was the shop foreman and put it on. The dozen or so other workers at the facility followed suit. There was no way to maintain a safe …

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How Can We Rebuild Working-Class Politics? Let’s Go to “Strike School.”

Leave a Comment / Labor Movement, Strike, worker's rights / By max cyril

Throughout September and October, thousands of activists and unionists from seventy countries participated in the international ?“Strike School” organizing training led by Jane McAlevey and sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. Jacobin?’s Eric Blanc spoke with McAlevey about the key lessons of the course, the reasons why this tradition has been marginalized within organized labor, and the ways …

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Amy Coney Barrett could influence workers’ rights, other economic issues if she joins Supreme Court

Leave a Comment / Supreme Court, Workers / By max cyril

The debate surrounding Amy Coney Barrett’s potential appointment to the Supreme Court has focused largely on the fate of abortion rights. But her tenure could significantly affect workers’ rights as well, experts say. While no one can predict how justices will ultimately rule once they have a seat on the nation’s highest court, their past records offer …

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How to Boost Unions’ Power? Sectoral Bargaining.

Leave a Comment / Collective Bargaining, Labor Movement, Union Membership / By max cyril

sec•tor•al bar•gain•ing noun 1. a labor policy that enables unions to set standards for their whole industry, boosting their leveraging power “Sectoral bargaining could shift employers from competing based on who can pay their workers the least, to competing based on the quality of their services.” —Charlotte Garden, Professor, Seattle University School of Law Why can’t unions do “sectoral …

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Unemployment is sky-high for young workers in the COVID-19 economy

1 Comment / Pandemic, unemployment, young workers / By max cyril

The Great Recession dragged down Millennials, putting them years behind economically. Now, the COVID-19 recession is damaging another generation of young workers. Workers aged 16 to 24 typically have higher unemployment and underemployment than older workers (and remember here that you only count as unemployed if you’re trying to find work—it’s not like this statistic counts …

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Nursing home workers strike over unfair labor practices

Leave a Comment / health care, Strike / By max cyril

Workers at the Four Seasons Rehabilitation and Nursing home on Monday walked off the job over what they called unfair labor practices during a pandemic. Essential workers at the home off Newburgh Road say they are working without a contract and without enough personal protective equipment to stay safe. They also want better staffing levels and …

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The Nightmare Facing the Poor and Working Class If There’s Not Another Stimulus

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, Stimulus, Trump, Workers / By max cyril

As millions of U.S. workers face unemployment, food insecurity and eviction amid the coronavirus pandemic, the limited aid provided by the federal government’s flawed CARES Act from March has long since dried up. Last week, following more than six months of stalled negotiations with congressional Democrats over a new economic relief package, President Trump abruptly announced he was halting talks until …

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A McDonald’s worker accuses the chain of firing her after she protested against a lack of masks and other safety concerns in a new whistleblower lawsuit.

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, restaurant workers, whistleblower / By max cyril

McDonald’s is facing a whistleblower lawsuit from a former worker, who claims she was fired after protesting the fast-food giant’s safety policies during the pandemic. On Friday, Maria E. Ruiz Bonilla filed the whistleblower retaliation suit against McDonald’s in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Santa Clara. Ruiz had …

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