(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - After four years of constant attacks, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) is hoping to be in a good position for the next fiscal year after President Joe Biden proposed spending $14.2 billion on the Department, a 14% increase from the agency's current budget. While this is not the final budget, which is written by Congress, it is a more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Nation’s two big Teachers Unions are protesting Biden Administration guidance which says students returning to reopened schools can sit only three feet from each other, not six, but only after schools take other measures to combat potential community spread of the Coronavirus. One protest came in a formal letter from American more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The results of the election at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bessemer, Alabama reveal a broken Union Election System. It is clear that if policymakers do not reform our Nation’s Labor Law System, then they are effectively denying workers a meaningful right to a Union and collective bargaining. If they don’t take more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report finds the erosion of collective bargaining lowered the median hourly wage by $1.56, a 7.9% decline from 1979 to 2017 – and these losses from de-Unionization are the equivalent of $3,250 annually for a full-time, full-year Worker. The decline hit men the hardest given they were more more»

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden fired Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the agency responsible for interpreting and enforcing Federal Labor Law. Robb’s supporters protested that Biden had unfairly and illegally thrown him out of office 10 months before the end of his more»

There’s a lot of talk in policy circles about infrastructure, but how would a robust investment package effect Manufacturing Workers in communities across the country? President Joe Biden has officially unveiled The American Jobs Plan, his proposal for rebuilding American infrastructure, shifting to a clean energy economy, and strengthening critical more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Field Staff for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) - the Workers who actually investigate and hold hearings on bosses’ Labor Law-breaking and run Union Recognition Elections - shrank by one-third in the last decade and one-fifth during the recent reign of Trump-era NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb, a new non-partisan more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Amazon repeatedly violated the rights of employees who pushed for health and safety improvements during the Coronavirus Pandemic, according to the nation’s top Labor Regulator, but a year after the global health crisis began, the company has so far faced minimal consequences. As COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, Amazon more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Biden Administration is expected to propose a 2.7% Federal pay raise for Civilian Federal Employees in 2022. Agencies have been told to plan for the Federal pay raise in 2022, according to a budget pass-back document the Federal News Network reviewed and confirmed with another source familiar with the budget process. One source more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Across the United States, individual states are moving away from fossil fuels and moving towards renewable sources of energy. One of those sources is off-shore wind. While popular in other parts of the world, off-shore wind has never really taken off in the U.S., with most of our wind production being land-based. However, if the U.S. more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - President Joe Biden proposed his opening bid on Wednesday (March 31st) for a $2 trillion infrastructure package that pushes the United States toward a clean energy economy. The bulk of Biden’s plan involves upgrading America’s roads, bridges and public transit, but it also takes a sweeping definition of the word more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - For over four years, the General Counsel position at the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has been vacant. During the entire Trump Presidency, he refused to appoint someone to lead the important Federal Labor Agency. Now President Joe Biden has ended the vacancy by naming Charlotte Dye as the Acting General Counsel. Dye has a more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Shortly after being confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor on March 22nd, Marty Walsh highlighted a number of issues that he sees as critical priorities for the American Workforce, including making sure Workers feel safe on the job, revisiting the need for an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19, putting Inspectors out in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National AFL-CIO is condemning Georgia Republicans’ “outrageous” Voter Suppression Law, saying “America’s Labor Movement will not stand by quietly and we will continue fighting for a future in which every voter has free and fair access to the ballot.” National AFL-CIO President Richard more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered Tesla Incorporated to reinstate an employee it fired in 2017 and said Chief Executive Elon Musk (pictured above) must remove a three-year-old tweet urging against Unionizing. The NLRB in Washington, D.C., agreed with a 2019 ruling by an NLRB judge in California, who found that the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) top lawyer is urging the Board to retain its legal framework for wearing Union Insignia in a case involving Tesla Incorporated, instead of expanding employer power to bar Workers from wearing symbols of Organized Labor. Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr’s views generally line more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), which represents 277,000 non-Rural Letter Carriers employed by the United States Postal Service (USPS), says the USPS’s Delivering for America Plan is “a good starting point for discussion going forward and should satisfy those who wanted to see such a plan before moving more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - With renewed labor backing, this time from the Union Veterans Council, the House voted 227-to-197 to pass the Dream Act, formally legalizing and providing an eventual path to citizenship for the 700,000 “Dreamers,” Undocumented People brought to the U.S. as kids, who are Americans in all but their papers. The vote, with more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -The U.S. Senate on Monday (March 22nd) confirmed former Union Leader Marty Walsh, a son of Irish Immigrants, as the next Labor Secretary - boosting President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand Workers’ protection and delivering a win for the country’s Organized Labor Movement. His confirmation, by a 68-to-29 margin, is more»

Bloomberg Editor’s Note: Joe Nocera is a Bloomberg Opinion Columnist covering business. He’s written business columns for Esquire, GQ and The New York Times, and is the former Editorial Director of Fortune. His latest project is the Bloomberg-Wondery podcast - The Shrink Next Door. Organized Labor is having a moment the likes of which it more»

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) - www.etuc.org/en - represents 45 million Members from 90 Trade Union organizations in 38 European countries, plus 10 European Trade Union Federations. Following different projects with partners and building on contributions from member organizations and individuals from across Europe, ETUC Youth Committee has more»

April, who works at a pet shop in Minneapolis, makes $11.75 an hour. She loves her job and it pays better than the Federal Minimum Wage, but not by much. She and her partner get by, but they still don’t make enough money to afford a car, but they can manage rent, their phones, and internet and support their 12-year-old daughter. Her partner lost more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In April 2020, as the world was coming to terms with the new Coronavirus Pandemic, Workers at an Amazon Sorting Facility in Chicago launched a series of Safety Strikes to demand COVID-19 protections for all Staff. It was one of several organized protests by Amazon Workers nationwide and the actions in Chicago, at the DCH1 Delivery more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear on Monday, March 22nd, targets a nearly half-century-old regulation in California that permits Union Organizers to briefly enter agricultural worksites and speak to Farm Workers - but the stakes in this case go far beyond Union Busting. The plaintiffs in Cedar Point more»

I’d been hoping some Democrat would cut loose on Republican Union-Busters for claiming the GOP is the “Working Class” Party. Well, U.S. Representative Tim Ryan came through. “Now stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us on behalf of the American Workers,” the Ohioan recently challenged Republicans on the House. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A second-generation Laborer rising to be U.S. Secretary of Labor. A United Steelworker (USW) helming the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). An International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Member bringing her passion for good, Union jobs in a Green Economy to the Department of Energy. And many more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has scrapped a proposal that would have made Student Workers at private universities ineligible to form or join Labor Unions. “The (NLRB) has decided to withdraw this rule-making proceeding at this time in order to focus its limited resources on competing agency priorities, including the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union is celebrating President Joe Biden’s signing of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) into law, bold legislation that among other things will boost the retirements of more than one million U.S. Workers and Retirees in faltering Multi-Employer Pension Plans to ensure they more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Membership of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has overwhelmingly ratified the tentative 2019-2023 National Agreement with the United States Postal Service (USPS) by a vote of 60,111 to 3,341. More than 94% of participating and eligible NALC Members voted to accept the agreement that was announced on November more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - House Democrats have approved a Bill that would provide protections for Workers trying to organize, a measure that is the Labor Movement's single biggest legislative priority in this Congress. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act - PRO Act - passed Tuesday (March 9th) with a 225-206 vote, with five Republicans joining Democrats in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Coronavirus Pandemic and the economic depression it sparked have highlighted what Women Workers have known for a long time: The Minimum Wage is not a living wage and that CEOs keep wages low while their own pay and corporate profits continue to skyrocket. On Monday (March 8th), on International Women’s Day, the Poor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19/ American Rescue Plan Relief Bill Saturday (March 6th) as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. After laboring all night on a mountain of amendments - nearly more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO's Executive Board will meet this week to determine its position on eliminating the filibuster, the Labor Federation's President, Richard Trumka, tells POLITICO. Two of Organized Labor's highest priorities in Congress - boosting the Minimum Wage to $15 an hour and legislation containing a long list of Union more»

The McDonald's brand is known around the world and some would say the chain takes care of its customers as well as its Staff Members. As per Indeed, many McDonald's Employees across the United States make more than $10 an hour (some make a bit over $9). Plus, many Team Members can take advantage of several perks - such as a Stock Purchase Plan, special more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Joe Biden’s decision to take no action, including no sanctions, against Saudi Arabia’s de facto supreme ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), for ordering the assassination of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi is angering The News Guild. A Bin Salman-sent hit squad murdered and dismembered Khashoggi, a more»

Reported cases of abuse and murder of people from visible minority groups at the hands of police forces across Canada persist today. Yet, by and large, Canadian Police Unions have been opposing or watering down efforts to address discriminatory policing practices and unbridled growth in police funding for years. Since 1999, even during times of budget more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Referring to the Unionization Vote as a “vitally important choice,” President Joe Biden has publicly expressed his support for Amazon Warehouse Workers in Alabama - who last month kicked off a fresh bid to Unionize, despite strong pushback from the E-Commerce Giant. Biden asserted that “the choice to join a Union is more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A year ago, at the direction of the Trump White House, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) told American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Locals to either pay rent for Union Office space at VA facilities or move out. It was part of the previous administration’s plan to destroy Unions and weaken workplace rights and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would strengthen Workers’ Rights to form a Union and negotiate with their employers for better wages and working conditions. Specifically, it would reform our Nation’s Labor Law so that private sector employers can’t perpetually stall Union Elections and contract more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky (pictured above on the left) and U.S. Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina (pictured above on the right) have reintroduced the National Right to Work Act, a U.S. Right-To-Work (for less) Law that ensure Americans can work specific jobs without having to join Unions or pay Union more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Joe Biden recently met with a host of major Union Leaders to get input on his forthcoming Infrastructure Plan, while rolling back a Trump-era Apprenticeship Program. Among those Labor Leaders were: National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; North America’s Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey; and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley has announced an expansive agenda to undo the former Trump Administration’s workforce policies and to improve the rights, pay and benefits of Workers throughout the Federal Government. At the Union’s Annual Legislative Conference, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The special House Committee investigating the Federal Government’s response, or lack of it, to the Coronavirus Pandemic has opened an investigation of big meatpackers’ refusal to protect their Workers against the contagion. In letters to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Nation’s more»

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its annual report on Labor Unions last month - detailing, at least numerically, where Unions currently stand in America. Relative to years past, there is some favorable data for Unions in this year’s report. Overall, Union Membership increased on a percentage basis from 2019 to 2020. According to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Nearly a month into his Presidency, President Joe Biden has already taken some big actions to help working people. Some of them have gotten a lot of attention while others have been done quietly. With a lot of other news coming out of Washington over the last few weeks, UCOMM decided to put together a list of 20 things that Biden has more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On Day One in office, President Joe Biden fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb, a move that was widely applauded by Unions and Working People. Robb had completely changed the position from one that defends Workers’ rights to a prosecutor that went after Unions. Now, nearly one month later, Biden more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - House Republicans think school reopenings may be their winning issue in key races in the 2022 Mid-Term Elections that could help them recapture the chamber. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky) says the main obstacle standing in the way of reopening schools is "the rich, powerful Unions that donate huge sums to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A former Labor Leader and Obama Administration Official has been elected to serve as Chair of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, marking the first step in a potential shake-up under President Joe Biden. Ron Bloom has replaced a former Republican National Committee Chair, Robert “Mike” Duncan, who remains on more»

Hollywood’s major Unions have signed on with the National AFL-CIO-affiliated push to advance public policy initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion issues. The broad goals of the campaign spearheaded by the Department for Professional Employees (DPE), a coalition of Unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO, is to strengthen collective more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Teamsters are commending the work of the House Ways & Means Committee, which has approved broad COVID-19 stimulus legislation that includes a provision granting relief to hundreds of faltering Multi-Employer Pension Plans, including many serving Teamster Members. As part of language folded into the Butch Lewis Emergency more»