Posts tagged Sick Leave

    News Article ● Strike

    Smith’s strike averted with assist from Mother Nature

    February 13, 2022 // Frazier said he believes a 10-day strike in January by Denver-area workers at King Soopers, another Kroger subsidiary, played a major role in the negotiations.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    An Easy Fix to IRS Tax Filing Delays: Don’t Pay IRS Employees to Abandon Their Posts in Lieu of Union Work

    January 24, 2022 // Ensuring that IRS employees spend tax-filing season doing their jobs rather than working for their union is a commonsense step in the right direction.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    Coffee shop staff move to form unions, progressing labor movement in the city

    December 18, 2021 // In the months after Pavement UNITED’s win, other coffee shop workers have joined the movement to improve labor conditions.

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    Labor

    Is your business struggling with the labor shortage? Consider a union

    December 14, 2021 //

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