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38,000 Disney Union Workers Seek Higher Minimum Wage – Talks Set For August 28th

If a workers’ committee approves Wednesday, unions representing 38,000 Florida Disney workers will re-open their 2014 labor contract to seek a higher minimum wage.

Negotiations to increased the Disney minimum wage from the current $10 an hour are scheduled August 28th.

Pension Fairness Bill For Federal Workers Would Restore Some Of The $182 Billion They’ve Lost

Federal employees since 2010 have given up $182 billion in earnings. You heard that right – $182 billion.

Which Side Are They On? Trump’s GOP Is Blocking Wage Hikes For 20.7 Million Workers

If Trump’s Republicans were serious about lifting a finger to help working people they would immediately vote to raise the minimum wage.

That’s because in the 21 states with $7.25 an hour minimum wage, an average of 36.8 percent of the workforce would get raises IF the minimum wage were raised.

Labor Department Moves To Take Away Overtime Pay Eligibility From Millions

On Wednesday Trump’s Labor Department took the first step to take overtime pay eligibility away from millions of workers. An Obama administration overtime rule expanded overtime eligibility for so-called “managerial” workers. Before Obama these workers making more than $23,000 a year couldn’t get overtime pay. The Obama rule expanded that salary threshold up to to $47,000. Millions of people earning between $23,000 and $47,000 would get overtime pay under Obama’s rule.

National Employment Law Project Says Gig Economy Fuels Racial Inequality

The National Employment Law Project is calling out the so-called gig economy, app-based companies such as Uber, for contributing to racial inequality in our economy. Nayantara Mehta of NELP says a lot of the problems facing these workers stems from misclassifying them as independent contractors:

State Republicans Cut Wages For Poorest Workers In St. Louis

The lowest-wage workers in St. Louis are getting a pay-cut, thanks to Republicans in the Missouri legislature. After the city passed an increase in the minimum wage to ten dollars an hour in 2015, the legislators passed a so-called “pre-emption” law, which prevents municipalities from setting a minimum wage any higher than that of the state. This will result in St.

Nissan Employees Move Forward with Union Organizing Drive

Employees Demand Carmaker Respect Workers’ Rights to Vote for a Union without Fear of Retaliation

Views from the California Labor Movement:Robbie Hunter: Don’t mess with prevailing wage

Robbie Hunter: Don’t mess with prevailing wage

State Building and Construction Trades Council President Robbie Hunter had a column posted today on the Los Angeles Daily News web site that punched back at recent anti-union commentaries that have criticized state and national prevailing wage laws.