Protecting Workers and Putting Safety First
Safety on the job has been one of the longest and hardest fought battles of the American worker. In 1970, Congress took an enormous leap towards making safety on the [...]
Putting People First – New Department of Labor Secretary, Marty Walsh
On January 7th, President Biden announced the last of his cabinet. Included in that list was Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh to be the Secretary of the Department of Labor – [...]
He Asked His Team How to Avoid Layoffs. Their Response Thrilled Him.
“Businesses love to talk about caring for people, but the conventional wisdom is, what really matters in these situations is your balance sheet,” Dan Price says. “Leaders will do layoffs [...]
COVID-19 Has Exposed the Gross Exploitation of Meatpacking Workers
“Not only were they not advising the workers of the risk of COVID exposure at their facility, but they also didn’t follow the CDC guidelines when COVID first hit,” Cordova [...]
Keeping Up the Fight
With states certifying their final votes from the November 3 election, what, if anything, was achieved for workers in this country? Was the needle moved in our favor, or was [...]
How Amazon keeps a close eye on employee activism to head off unions
“Amazon controls everything from bathroom breaks to communication with other employees,” Kochan said. “If a union comes in, they’re going to lose some of that control and that’s ultimately what [...]
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Least Experienced Supreme Court Nominee in 30 years
“How did she go from really good law professor to the short list?” asks Angie Maxwell, a political science professor at the University of Arkansas who studies conservative politics and [...]
Strength in Unity
The slogans of court packing and corruption are the same slogans Trump and his brethren used four years ago to distract us from moving ahead. The slogans are meant to [...]
“Trumpcare” Does Not Exist. Nevertheless Facebook and Google Cash In on Misleading Ads for “Garbage” Health Insurance.
“The marketing is extremely deceptive,” said Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms. “Both the advertising and the brokers use terms that to the [...]
The Productivity–Pay Gap
From 1979 to 2018, net productivity rose 108.1 percent, while the hourly pay of typical workers essentially stagnated—increasing only 11.6 percent over 39 years (after adjusting for inflation). This means [...]