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ILO and Its Role in Building an Inclusive and Just Future for All Workers

Leave a Comment / President Biden / By max cyril

Today, President Biden became the third sitting U.S. president to address the International Labor Conference in Geneva, the yearly global meeting that brings together unions, employers and governments to develop and adopt international labor standards. The mission of the International Labor Organization (ILO) is to promote social justice and internationally recognized labor and human rights, based on …

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A Debate Over Carbon Capture in the Infrastructure Bill Could Test the Labor-Climate Alliance

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, unions / By max cyril

In late March, President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, the American Jobs Plan, that his administration hopes to move forward this year. The plan would make major investments in improving physical infrastructure such as roads, schools and bridges while also creating good-paying jobs, expanding collective bargaining rights and funding long-term care services under Medicaid. …

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Biden administration weeks behind on Covid-19 workplace safety rules

Leave a Comment / Pandemic, workplace safety / By max cyril

The federal worker safety watchdog is weeks behind on President Joe Biden’s deadline for the agency to issue mandatory workplace safety rules that experts say will fight the spread of the coronavirus and protect workers. Shortly after taking office, Biden gave the Labor Department a March 15 deadline to decide whether such emergency rules were …

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‘The president’s committed to raising the minimum wage,’ Labor Sec. Marty Walsh says. He should be

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage, President Biden / By max cyril

The Senate voted against including a minimum wage increase in the American Rescue Plan in March, and as long as Republicans have the option of filibustering it, they will block any meaningful increase in what’s now a poverty-level federal minimum wage. But because $7.25 an hour is a poverty-level wage—and because raising it is proven popular with …

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Unions demand Biden cancel student debt for public service workers

Leave a Comment / Public Workers, unions / By max cyril

Labor unions are making a new push to get the Education Department to use executive action to forgive the student loans of Americans working in public service jobs — the latest pressure from the left for the Biden administration to act more aggressively on student debt relief. A wide range of unions representing teachers, fire …

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Universal Health Care Is a Popular Idea in America—Will Biden Keep Enriching Private Insurance or ‘Go Big’?

Leave a Comment / health care, President Biden / By max cyril

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people’s lives, President Joe Biden has been on a victory tour to promote the American Rescue Plan, a hefty $1.9 trillion spending package that not only sends direct stimulus payments to struggling Americans, but also greatly expands health care options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). …

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‘Bellwether’ for unions: Amazon battle could transform Biden’s labor revival

Leave a Comment / President Biden, unions / By max cyril

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday thrust himself into the middle of a bitter labor dispute at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama where union leaders are locked in a two-month drive to organize workers. But the stakes in this battle go far beyond the struggle involving nearly 6,000 workers at the fulfillment center in Bessemer. “What …

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How Employers Punish Workers for Forming Unions

1 Comment / unionbusting, unions / By max cyril

Workers at Solvay’s Pasadena, Texas, plant voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2017 and looked forward to sitting down with the company to quickly negotiate a fair contract. Solvay decided to play games instead. Company representatives canceled some bargaining sessions at the last minute, took two-hour lunches on days they did show …

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‘A creature of white supremacy’: AFL-CIO targets filibuster

Leave a Comment / PRO Act, unions / By max cyril

The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, called on Democrats Thursday to reform the filibuster, the Senate rule standing in the way of enactment of some of their top priorities for the Biden administration. “The very survival of our democratic republic is at stake. And standing in its way is an archaic Senate procedure …

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The Filibuster Is a Labor Issue