Posts tagged Minimum wage

    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    $30 per hour to start? Staten Island Amazon union has high hopes, but could face a tough road after victory

    April 29, 2022 // Among other things, the nascent Amazon Labor Union, or ALU, has said it wants longer breaks for warehouse employees, more time off and a dramatically higher minimum hourly wage of $30, up from just over $18 an hour now at the Staten Island facility.

    $18 an hour $30 an hour ALU Amazon Amazon Labor Union anti-union companies Associated Press benefit Brooklyn NLRB regional office certify results Chris Smalls contract contract negotiations Cornell University Democratic majority director of Labor and Employment Studies federal court filed suit grassroots union John Logan Kate Bronfenbrenner labor expert longer breaks. Minimum wage National Labor Relations Board New York New York City NLRB Overturn election San Francisco State University signed union contract Southwest NLRB regional office Staten Island Staten Island Live wage warehouse warehouse workers

    News Article ● Labor

    A Democratic Lawmaker Sold Her Small Business. Now She Favors a $15 Minimum Wage.

    April 29, 2022 // In 2019, Luria became a cosponsor of the Democrats' Raise the Wage Act, which explicitly ignores the localized conditions that Luria pledged to consider. Earlier this year, she once again voted in support of the federal $15 minimum wage, which was included in the COVID relief bill passed by the House.

    $15 wage business owner Congress Congressional Democrats cost of living COVID relief bill Democratic priority Democrats' Raise the Wage Act Elaine Luria federal wage hike financial disclosures Glenn Davis gradual raise Jen Kiggans legislation Matthew Foldi Mermaid Factory Minimum wage minimum wage hike OnCall Telecom International party leadership Raise the Wage Act Rep. Elaine Luria Republican-held districts reversal of policy Small Business small-business owner uniform minimum wage hike Union Virginia Virginia Beach Virginia business community Washington Free Beacon

    News Article Research ● Labor

    Union-backed Activists Push $15 In New Report, But Restaurant Workers Still Don’t Agree

    April 11, 2022 // The report itself calls for a “universal $15 minimum wage.” But actual tipped restaurant employees disagree with this policy – and actively oppose movements to eliminate local, state, and federal tip credits. Why?

    $15 national minimum wage $15 per hour $2.13 per hour $7.25 per hour $7.25 per hour 4% employment loss anti-tipping activists average reported hourly earnings base wages Bureau of Labor Statistics. Census Bureau Census Bureau study Congres District of Columbia Economic research eliminating the tip credit employee experience employment loss Employment Policies Institute EPI federal minimum wage federal tip credit fight for 15 Harvard Business School higher wage mandates hourly hourly paid minimum wage earners Maine Miami University Minimum wage minimum wage earners National Labor Relations Act New Mexico New York Oxfam Oxfam America potential loss of earnings potential loss of jobs raising menu price raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour and higher reduce dining out reduce tip percentage reducing staff research restaurant employees restaurant industry Restaurant Opportunities Center Restaurant Workers San Francisco Seattle service charge service charges take-home earnings take-home pay take-home wage tip income tip income drops tipped minimum wage tipped restaurant employees Trinity University U.S. Census Bureau Union Union-backed Activists Union-funded research unions universal $15 minimum wage University of California-Irvine Virginia Zuni Café

    News Article Research ● Labor

    Gig Economy May See Tougher Contractor Rule After Court Victory

    March 18, 2022 // “If David Weil were to be confirmed, there’s little doubt as to how he feels about the independent contractor issue with respect to the AI that he issued,” Lotito said. While the agency’s day-to-day work under acting administrator Jessica Looman doesn’t depend on a Senate-confirmed leader, the absence of a permanent administrator can slow down the agency’s ability to advance large policy changes.

    advance large policy changes Ben Penn Biden Administration Bloomberg Law business-friendly business-friendly Trump-era rule calculates wages paid to construction workers on federally funded projects Catherine Ruckelshaus David Weil decision favored employers Department of Labor develop a new independent contractor rule Ed Egee Employment Policy Division evaluating all legal options expand overtime protections Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA full employees gig economy gig economy companies gig economy workers Glenn Spencer government relations and workforce development Independent Contractor independent contractor rule independently contracted workforce Jessica Looman Judge Marcia Crone law-abiding employers limit labor costs Littler Mendelson P.C. lose key rights and protections Lyft Michael Lotito Minimum wage misclassify workers National Employment Law Project new agency rulemaking Obama administration overtime overtime and minimum wage protections public input Rebecca Rainey regulatory defeat Revived Rule rulemaking Senate-confirmed leader senior vice president Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda stakeholder meetings about overtime stricter approach the National Retail Federation Trump era rule U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Uber violated government rulemaking Wage and Hour Division weighing of alternatives worker advocacy group worker classification Workplace Policy Institute workplace regulation

    Op-ed ● Labor PRO Act

    SOTU address shows Biden favors unions and spurns workers

    March 6, 2022 // Instead of focusing on policies that would help Americans deal with runaway inflation, Biden doubled down on Big Labor’s wishlist. No matter what organized labor is selling, implementing a $15 minimum wage alongside the PRO Act would be a doomsday scenario for American workers.

    $15 an hour Americans for Tax Reform Biden bill nullifies right-to-work laws CBO Congressional Budget Office crucial work opportunities disproportionately affect women economy freelance work gig economy gig work home address INCOME DISTRIBUTION Independent Contractor intimidation intimidation from union organizers Labor Labor Law loss of opportunities and earning potential low-skilled employment Minimum wage MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGE IN THE UNITED STATES GIG WORKER Open Competition Center personal email address phone number President Joe Biden Pro Act pro-worker Protecting the Right to Organize Act runaway inflation Senate consideration sensitive employee contact information shift hours SOTU State of the Union Tom Hebert union organizers unionization campaigns W-2 employment worker privacy

    News Article ● Labor

    5 states sue Biden over minimum wage hike for federal contractors

    February 10, 2022 // The states — Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska and South Carolina — argue President Biden overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order mandating the minimum wage last April. The order went into effect Jan. 30.

    $15 an hour Arizona Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich Axios Constitution Executive Order federal contractors federal overreach Idaho Indiana Ivana Saric Minimum wage Nebraska President Biden Procurement Act South Carolina Spending Clause U.S. Department of Labor White House

    News Article ● Unionization

    Polis throws cold water on public unions bill

    January 21, 2022 // Colorado: A bill to allow public employees to engage in collective bargaining has run into its biggest hurdle: lack of support from Gov. Jared Polis

    budgetary and financial issues cities classified employees CML collective bargaining collective bargaining rights for state workers collectively bargain Colorado Colorado Municipal League Colorado Public Radio Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers communicate with unions counties elected representation fire districts General Assembly Gov. Jared Polis home healthcare workers home-rule cities hours and place of work hours and terms and conditions of employment House Majority Leader Daneya Esgar Kevin Bommer library MARIANNE GOODLAND Minimum wage Office of the Colorado State Public Defender participate in the political process public colleges public union bill school Sen. Steve Fenberg state law governs wages state workers teachers unionize universities

    News Article ● Labor

    U.S. Labor Agencies Strike Deal to Share Enforcement Information

    January 7, 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s wage regulator and the National Labor Relations Board have struck an agreement to collaborate on investigations and share information on potential violations of law, specifically targeting independent contractor misclassification and retaliation against workers.

    Bloomberg Law Department of Labor DOL Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fair Labor Standards Act Ian Kullgren Independent Contractor Jessica Looman memorandum of understanding Minimum wage National Labor Relations Act National Labor Relations Board NLRB overtime Rebecca Rainey retaliation Unionization wage theft working conditions

    Worker Centers – A Primer

    June 21, 2020 // What are Worker Centers? Worker centers are labor organizations, often supported and funded by unions and foundations, that aim to organize and cultivate workers who are not yet members of traditional unions. These are generally workers that unions hope to organize,…

    Card Check Coronavirus gig economy Independent Contractor Minimum wage