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    News Article Radio / Pod Cast ● Unionization Unions

    Vermont workers are part of growing momentum around labor unions. Why now?

    May 10, 2022 //

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    News Article Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Workers, advocates say Charlotte is ripe for more employee unions to form

    May 6, 2022 //

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    Press Release ● Labor Unions

    CWI APPLAUDS FINAL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RULE

    March 16, 2022 // The Department’s first of its kind final rule modernizes the “economic realities” test to define whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor. The Coalition for Workforce Innovation (CWI) strongly supports the final rule as an important step in providing needed clarity to businesses and independent workers in structuring and maintaining their relationships.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Workers at REI Store in Manhattan Seek to Form Retailer’s Only Union

    January 23, 2022 // Despite the organizing efforts at companies like Amazon and Starbucks last year, membership in unions declined to 10.3 percent of the work force, matching its lowest figure in Labor Department records that date back to 1983.

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    News Article ● Labor Strike

    From essential status to strikes, 2021 was the ‘year of the worker’

    December 28, 2021 // As the pandemic wore on, the year was dominated by strikes, unionization efforts and worker mobilization.

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