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Since New Jersey shed itself of Chris Christie, things have been looking up. And now around a million of the state’s low-wage workers will be getting a raise. Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders reached an agreement on $15 minimum-wage legislation, something Christie had previously vetoed. Under the plan, most workers would get a $15 minimum wage …

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Shortly before National Grid locked out 1,250 gas workers across Massachusetts in June 2018, David Monahan, a National Grid residential service technician for more than 9 years, was diagnosed with a cancerous bladder tumor. “They cut off my health insurance at the beginning and my unemployment doesn’t even begin to cover the cost to continue our health …

When Your Boss Locks You Out for Nearly 6 Months and Cuts Off Your Healthcare Read More »

The government shutdown is now in its 12th day, meaning some 800,000 federal employees are still without a paycheck because President Donald Trump refuses to sign a federal budget that doesn’t include $5 billion for a border wall. Working people—and their livelihoods—should never be used as political pawns.  Despite the shutdown, roughly 420,000 federal employees, …

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which handles human resource issues for government workers, has advice for the roughly 800,000 people who won’t receive their paychecks as scheduled during the partial government shutdown: get a lawyer and barter your services if you can’t make ends meet. On Thursday, in an attempt to assist employees facing …

Government workers worry about shutdown continuing into the new year Read More »

Barring a last minute Christmas miracle on Capitol Hill, the odds of having an Assistant Secretary for OSHA this year have gone from slim to pretty much none, according to Politico: “A deal to push through a slate of labor nominees appeared all but dead Thursday as lawmakers raced to avert a shutdown.” As we’ve …

No OSHA Head This Session Read More »

Hey, federal workers, don’t worry about your lack of a paycheck for as long as Donald Trump decides to keep big parts of the government shut down. Federal agencies have form letters explaining to creditors that it’s not your fault you can’t pay the bills! The Department of Homeland Security offers up a letter similar to or …

Federal workers won’t get paychecks, but they do get these handy letters asking creditors to go easy Read More »