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    Why are MAAC employees on strike?

    June 9, 2022 // On May 19, union members unanimously authorized Monday’s strike, which resulted in the closure of more than a dozen of its childhood development centers. They said they took the action after 27 unsuccessful bargaining sessions over the past eight months. Organizers said unionized workers have filed five Unfair Labor Practice charges — two for worker intimidation and three related to bad faith bargaining. Union members said they want fair wages for all, a system that rewards those with seniority and offers workers room for growth. They are calling for an agency-wide minimum wage boost from $15 to $18 an hour, which MAAC has agreed to, but union members say the organization is refusing to compensate those with more experience. social services, drug and alcohol counselors, maintenance workers, family services staff, teachers, kitchen aides, bus drivers, Lily Camarena, Arnulfo Manriquez, funding in place,

    Sue The Boss, Pay the Union: Bill Creates New Gravy Train For Labor

    March 8, 2022 // The legislation (HB 5245) is designed to bypass employee agreements that prevent individual workers from suing their employers and require them to instead take disagreements to arbitration. As one proponent put it, the bill would “allow private citizens to enforce our labor and discrimination laws as private attorneys general on behalf of the state.”

    Labor Unions Collected $37 Million in COVID Relief They Were Ineligible To Receive

    February 2, 2022 // The Paycheck Protection Program launched in March 2020 to provide relief to small businesses and charities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But 226 labor unions that were ineligible for the program received $36.7 million in forgivable loans, according to a report provided exclusively to the Washington Free Beacon.