s representatives of 39,000 striking Verizon workers continue contract negotiations with the company in Washington D.C. under the watchful eye of the U.S. Read More...
he Washington-based Economic Policy Institute estimates that twelve-and-a-half million salaried workers will be gain overtime protections under new Labor Department rules. The rule change raises the threshold
under which all salaried workers are guaranteed the right to overtime pay. Read More...
Justin LaPlante is a former cab driver and the administrator of Ride Safe Madison, a non-profit Rideshare & Taxi safety resource in Southern Wisconsin. For the last two years LaPlante has been investigating rideshare companies’ operations. Read More...
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Today’s news that California’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, the lowest level since 2007, definitively shows that the state’s economy continues to grow despite ‘chicken little’ claims from corporate CEOs who say you can’t help working people and create jobs.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers trumpeted an agreement reached earlier this month to represent New York Uber drivers, saying it "gives organized labor an opportunity to shape the new economy in a way that supports and values workers and their families."
But not everyone in the U.S. labor movement is cheering.
Warehouse workers at the port of Los Angeles are speaking out against a freight handling company that left dozens of cargo loaders jobless recently. California Cartage, one of the nation’s largest drayage companies, switched temporary staffing agencies. Read More...
The CWA and IBEW have agreed to accept the help of a federal mediator in efforts to resolve the Verizon strike. The unions represent roughly 39,000 striking workers. Mediation meetings will be held in Washington, D.C. following a Tuesday meeting with U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Read More...
A new labor rule expanding overtime pay to 4.2 million workers has been finalized by the U.S. Labor Department. The rule affecting salaried workers raises the income threshold for overtime eligibility from $23,660 to $47,476 per year. Read More...
