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National Hispanic Heritage Month Profile of Labor Leader Ernesto Galarza

Leave a Comment / Labor Movement, leadership / By max cyril

Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling labor leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have contributed to our movement. Today’s profile features Ernesto Galarza. Ernesto Galarza was born in Jalcocotán, Nayarit, Mexico, in 1905 and immigrated to California with his family after the Mexican Revolution began. As a youth, …

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Working people’s advocates mourn Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Leave a Comment / Supreme Court / By max cyril

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not primarily known for her positions on labor issues, though of course many feminist issues are also workplace ones, and Ginsburg’s anti-discrimination work in the 1970s opened up new possibilities for women. In recent years, Ginsburg wrote powerful dissents to the courts’ conservatives’ support of forced arbitration, in which workers are …

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Trump hails ‘manufacturing miracle’ as factories bleed jobs

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Trump’s anti-trade agenda and a pandemic-induced recession have combined to shutter factories and accelerate decades-old trends toward automation, eliminating hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, many for good, including in the Rust Belt states he needs to win in November. The president’s path to the Oval Office was paved by his victory in this factory-intense region, where a …

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Exceptions to travel restrictions: getting employees back to the U.S.

Leave a Comment / Pandemic / By max cyril

Since President Trump declared that the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a national emergency in March, restricting immigration has been one of the administration’s preferred tools to address the outbreak. One of the first steps President Trump took was to issue a series of Proclamations suspending entry of most foreign nationals traveling from certain countries with a …

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Unite Here Is 85% Unemployed and Still Fighting Like Hell

Leave a Comment / unemployment, union mobilizing, unions / By max cyril

No union in America has been positioned more directly in the bullseye of this pandemic’s economic devastation than Unite Here, the 300,000-member union of hotel, food service and casino workers. In April, its members were suffering a staggering 98% unemployment rate. Almost six months later, the union is stuck at about 85% unemployment. Despite that, it is also the only …

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Postal workers complain of poor COVID-19 precautions, lack of contact tracing

2 Comments / Pandemic, Postal Workers / By max cyril

Mismanagement at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) endangers more than just the timely delivery of ballots for November’s elections. It endangers the lives of Postal Service workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 10,000 postal workers have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 83 have died. But the agency isn’t screening workers for symptoms, testing them for …

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Pregnancy discrimination bill is finally getting its chance in Congress

Leave a Comment / pregnancy discrimination / By max cyril

The House is expected to take an important vote on Thursday, moving forward with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. This legislation has been around for years and 30 states and the District of Columbia now have protections for pregnant workers stronger than what you’ll find in the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which dates to 1978. That patchwork of state …

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What Does a “Safe Return” to School Look Like? Ask Teacher Unions.

Leave a Comment / Teachers / By max cyril

Powerful elites are willing to sacrifice the lives and futures of millions to feed their own profits. Teachers are fighting back. Demands for students and educators to return to in-person schooling during the pandemic are coming from Democrats and Republicans, both claiming the return is necessary not just to provide high-quality education, but to save …

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Trucking Industry Laws Get Overhaul In Driver’s Favor

1 Comment / Legislation, Truck Drivers / By max cyril

While today’s trucking industry is highly regulated, the laws haven’t always been as favorable as truckers would like. However, the industry recently saw an overhaul in many of its laws, giving drivers more protection than ever before. While COVID-19 was a major contributor to many changes, it was also high time that drivers were better …

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Survey Writing Tips to Get Honest Feedback from Your Employees

Leave a Comment / workplace issues, Workplace Relationships / By max cyril

When was the last time you sent out an employee survey? How many responses did you get? If not a lot, there is a good chance that the reason was the survey itself. The way you write the survey really matters to get honest feedback from employees and make the workplace better. Not just the …

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