Posts tagged income inequality

    News Article ● Unionization

    ‘Unions benefit all of us’: new Biden plan encourages federal workers to unionize

    February 9, 2022 // Biden said the taskforce’s charge was to identify executive branch policies, practices and programs that could be used “to promote my administration’s policy of support for worker power, worker organizing, and collective bargaining”.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor

    Opinion: A generous unemployment package can help workers on the job, too

    January 3, 2022 // Unemployment insurance gives workers a safety net to fight for a fairer workplace. Let's expand this benefit to all people, regardless of their job and how long they have been doing it.

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    News Article ● Unions

    Trust busters: Labor coalition rallies in Midtown seeking wage reform and end to corporate monopolies

    November 10, 2021 // Various labor activists, union members and elected officials announced a new coalition Wednesday aimed at combating large corporate entities and monopolies while also calling for the passage of a new legislation

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