(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - After four years working as a Baggage Handler at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Kachelle Lasley was laid off last Saturday, becoming one of thousands of Airport Workers laid off nationwide as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Like many of these laid-off Workers - a group that includes Wheelchair more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One of the provisions tucked into the massive Coronavirus Relief Bill approved by the Senate late Wednesday night (March 25th) restricts certain businesses that accept government loans in their dealings with Labor Unions. Businesses with between 500 and 10,000 Employees that accept loans to tide them over until the pandemic abates will more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Leaders of major U.S. Unions are praising Senate Democrats for initially blocking a $1.8 trillion Economic Stimulus Package, calling it a “corporate power grab” that would have done little to help Workers laid off during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic. “This is not a moment for corporate power grabs or crony more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Sara Nelson, the President of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), says any Federal Aid Package for the airline industry should focus on providing economic relief to Employees instead of bailing out the companies. "Let's ‘be really clear, there just can't be a bailout.’ ‘We've done that before.’ more»

Members of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union - who are fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic recently joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders on a press call to share their stories of how they’re protecting their communities despite risks to themselves. Those Union Members also called on the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the United Steelworkers (USW) are calling on the Federal Government “to do more” when it comes to protecting American Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic, adding that a current aid package being crafted “falls short” of what more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Workers, Union and Non-Union, are responding magnificently to the Coronavirus Pandemic, National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. However, the President of the Nation’s largest Labor Federation says Big Business and Republican President Donald Trump are another matter. “Workers of ‘every stripe are supporting more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - McDonald's pushed for changes to a Coronavirus Relief Bill that would require its restaurants across the U.S. - 95% which are owned by franchisees - to give Workers two weeks of Paid Sick Leave, describing it as an effort to protect franchisees' financials. The Fast-Food Giant has been lobbying the Trump Administration and Congress to more»

As fallout from the Coronavirus Pandemic hits the economy, it’s slamming the American Workforce. A new poll finds that some 18% of adults reported that they had been laid off or that their work hours had been cut. The proportion affected grew for lower-income households, with 25% of those making less than $50,000 a year reporting that they had been more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - As the coronavirus outbreak highlights the need for social distancing, policymakers and public health experts want to make sure that sick workers can stay home without fear of going broke. To that end, the Senate is set to take up a Coronavirus Relief Bill, passed by the House and backed by Republican President Donald Trump, that could more»

Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “great negotiator” and author of The Art of the Deal, promised to use his bargaining skills to help the American Worker. Trump vowed to rewrite Trade Deals, stanch the offshoring of U.S. jobs and reinvigorate American manufacturing, but his behavior tells a different story. Both of the Trade Deals he produced more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic highlights the vast inequalities in the United States between those who can more easily follow the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) recommendation to stay home and seek medical attention when needed and those who cannot. High-wage earners are more likely to be able to stay home and have health more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A majority of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) 26 Regional Offices have at least one vacancy or temporary appointment in leadership, creating top-level personnel gaps that some observers say can hinder the agency’s work and sap Employee morale. Effective management at the regional level is crucial to the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators active in Federal Employee and National Security Issues is opposing Republican President Donald Trump’s memo authorizing the Department of Defense to bar Unions from subcomponents, saying it could result in banning Unions for “poorly defined reasons.” In the memo, Trump allowed the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The United States is one of the only rich countries not requiring employers to give their workers paid time off when they’re sick and it has become an urgent issue for more Americans because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Citing the crisis, Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a new version of a Sick Leave Bill that has been more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) - a National Union representing approximately 110,000 Blue and White Collar Government Workers across the United States, has released the following statement: On numerous occasions throughout his Presidency, President Trump has gone out of his way to make public comments aimed at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National AFL-CIO, the largest Labor Organization in the United States, is suing to try to block a Trump Administration Rule likely to make it harder for Unions to organize. The National AFL-CIO has asked a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. to shoot down a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regulation that more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - New legislation that would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) equal Workplace Rights passed the House on late last week. The Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act (H.R. 1140), re-introduced by U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (Mississippi) and Nita Lowey (New York) in 2019, will extend full Collective more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - United Steelworkers (USW) International President Thomas M. Conway joined top executives from U.S. steelmakers on Thursday (March 5th) in testifying before the Congressional Steel Caucus to seek continued support from lawmakers for the American Steel Industry and its Workers. The first step is to ensure American Workers are competing more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told Yahoo Finance this week that the support of the U.S.'s largest Federation of Labor Unions has "yet to be earned" by the Democratic Presidential hopefuls. Even as the Democratic field narrowed after Super Tuesday, the National AFL-CIO is "still evaluating" and "still asking the tough more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A lawsuit has been filed against Republican President Donald Trump's loosening of regulations in pork inspection plants, aiming to stop the rules from taking effect to protect consumers from illness and death. The suit, which targets Trump's New Swine Inspection System (NSIS), was filed by Food & Water Watch, the Center for Food more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has told Federal Lawmakers he did not request the recent memo signed by Republican President Donald Trump that grants him the authority to ban collective bargaining for the department’s Civilian Workforce, but he declined to say if or how he might use his new power. Esper appeared last week more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican President Donald Trump has again proposed reducing the value of Federal Retirement Benefits, while requiring most Federal Employees to pay more toward those benefits. In some cases, the benefits would be reduced only for future retirees, but in other cases, those already retired would face a cut, as well. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A coalition of some of the largest Labor Unions in the U.S. have formally petitioned the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Amazon for anti-competitive practices. The petition, filed late last week, is a 28-page document with nearly 150 footnotes. It asks the FTC to conduct a study exploring Amazon’s effects on the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One of the Nation’s largest Labor Unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat Republican President Donald Trump, a sweeping effort focused on eight battleground states and voters of color who typically don’t vote. The investment marks the largest voter engagement and turnout more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is releasing a long-awaited rule that will make it harder for Workers in fast food and other industries to bargain collectively, delivering another win for employers and a setback to Worker Groups. The regulation will limit the scenarios under which corporations are considered “Joint more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Donald Trump quietly issued a memo granting Defense Secretary Mark Esper the power to abolish Collective Bargaining Rights for the Defense Department’s 750,000 Civilian Workers, a move Unions are decrying as part of the administration’s far-reaching assault on Organized Labor. The American Federation of Government more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One day before 224 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from both parties voted to approve a bill to make it easier for Working People to join Labor Unions - the White House issued a strongly worded statement opposing the measure. “This is ‘another unfortunate example’ of (Republican) President (Donald) more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) is suing to block the agency that governs Labor-Management Relations across Federal Agencies from implementing a plan to make it easier for Federal Workers to stop paying Union Dues, accusing officials of abetting the Republican Trump Administration’s efforts to crack down on Labor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican President Donald Trump’s proposed Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 did not call for the outright privatization of the United States Postal Service (USPS), but its call for “increased use of private sector partners” and cuts in postal pay likely will alarm many Employee groups. The budget, released more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is moving forward with a controversial proposal to make it easier for Federal Employees to cancel automatic Union Dues collection, over the objections of Labor Groups and the agency’s lone Democratic appointee. Last year, the FLRA, which oversees Labor-Management Relations across the more»

Truthout Editor’s Note: Jack Delaney is a former Disability Policy Analyst, Federal Lobbyist and Congressional Intern who worked on issues relating to Health Care, Disability and Labor Policy. On February 11th, the Nevada Culinary Workers Union publicly criticized Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All Plan ahead of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Glen Heck spent 28 years sweating in a Campti, Louisiana Paper Mill that he likes to say was “hotter than nine kinds of hell.” But now, Heck’s sacrifice may have been for nothing because his Multi-Employer Pension Plan is one of about 150 nationwide set to go broke. If that happens, the 78-year-old Heck will have to more»

L.A. Times Editor’s Note: Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Michael Hiltzik writes a daily blog appearing on latimes.com. As a member of The Los Angeles Times Staff, he has been a Financial and Technology Writer and a Foreign Correspondent. He is the author of six books, including: Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As President Donald Trump continues battering Federal Employees, their largest Union sent him a rousing retort this week that it might be bloodied - but not busted. Delegates to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Legislative Conference were fired up by high-profile speakers, including House Speaker Nancy more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Another day and another move by Republican President Donald Trump to weaken Unions that represent Workers in the Federal Government. This time his focus is on Union Employees at the Defense Department (DoD). Breaking the Union at the DoD has long been the dream of Conservatives. In 2017, Trump Advisor James Sherk authored a memo more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican President Donald Trump is attempting to justify a smaller-than-anticipated proposed pay raise for Civilian Federal Workers by citing “national emergency or serious economic conditions,” despite his frequent statements that the Nation’s economy is booming. Trump is proposing pay raises for Civilian more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The House has voted to remove a financial albatross around the neck of the U.S. Postal Service. Approved by a vote of 309 to 106, the USPS Fairness Act would repeal a 2006 Law that requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to create a $72 billion fund to pay for the cost of its post-retirement health care costs, 75 years into the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican President Donald Trump signed a memo last month that could pave the way for his Administration to outlaw collective bargaining by the Defense Department’s 750,000-person Civilian Workforce. According to a January 29th memo obtained by Government Executive that was entitled -Delegation of Certain Authority under more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Within the U.S. Department of Labor, there’s a section that’s devoted to providing oversight to Labor Unions. It is also responsible for auditing financial disclosures and investigating officer corruption. Now, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has hired two new people to work in this oversight role who has a long history of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Democrats and their Labor Allies are gearing up for a 2020 fight against business groups over legislation to protect Workers’ Rights to Unionize. The Democratic-controlled House voted to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act on Thursday (February 7th), but the Bill is considered to be dead on arrival in the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A Federal scheme that could rob millions of injured Workers of their Social Security Disability Insurance is being widely condemned as a vicious attack on vulnerable Americans, similar to disastrous cuts in the 1980s. “There’s ‘no reason to do this other than cruelty and mean-spiritedness,’” U.S. Senator more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – On the eve of the President’s State of the Union Address, the United Steelworkers (USW) called on Republican Donald Trump to come out in support of the Protecting The Right To Organize (PRO) Act and encourage Senators to do the same. The USW represents 850,000 Members who are employed in Metals, Mining, Pulp and more»

The Hill Editor’s Note: Jarrett Skorup is Director of Marketing and Communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Research and Educational Institute headquartered in Midland, Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter @JarrettSkorup. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill. Another year, another more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been found to not have the authority to approve an Adjunct Faculty Union at Duquesne University. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found the NLRB in violation of Supreme Court precedent, “which held that a school is exempt from NLRB jurisdiction if it more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One of the most significant bills to strengthen Workers’ abilities to organize in the past 80 years is headed to a vote this week in the House, where it will probably pass amid a newfound momentum for progressive legislation. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act would amend some of the country’s decades-old Labor Laws more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Transit Workers Union (TWU)-International Association of Machinists (IAM) Association announced Thursday (January 30th) that it has reached agreements in principle with American Airlines for five new Joint Collective Bargaining Agreements (JCBAs) worth $4.2 billion to cover more than 30,000 Mechanic & Related, Fleet Service, more»

CNN Editor’s Note: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of international and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he studies the politics of business, Labor and the American Political Economy. He is the author most recently of State Capture: How Big Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - For more than a year, a Federal Ethics Agency has instructed Federal Employees to steer clear of taking a stand at work for or against the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump, saying that doing so could run afoul of the Hatch Act that bars them from participating in certain political activities. With Trump now impeached more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Trump Administration is finding itself in a tight corner on the topic of Farm Labor, a task handled by a largely foreign-born workforce. On the one hand, Republican President Donald Trump has made good on campaign promises to make life generally miserable for Immigrants - and he employs a white Nationalist on his Senior Advisory more»