Posts tagged income inequality
‘Just transition’ bill for oil industry workers exposes labor rift
February 27, 2022 // Trades leaders say that beginning to dismantle the industry now will only push workers into lower-paid jobs. Instead, Trades officials say, the state should invest in big-ticket infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail and offshore wind projects that will create comparable jobs to what workers have been doing for decades.
Young workers give unions new hope
February 15, 2022 // Multiple polls show union approval is high __ and growing __ among the youngest workers. And U.S. union membership levels are even ticking upward for workers between 25 and 34, even as they decline among other age groups.
‘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”.
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.
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