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15 Dec 2013, 4:39 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post is shared from cjonline.com Negative legislation for workers included changes in workers’ compensation, collective bargaining and project labor agreements, which are agreements that set wages on particular construction jobs, said Andy Sanchez, executive secretary-treasurer of the Kansas AFL-CIO.The Kansas Legislature passed a number of bills unions believe are unfavorable to workers during the 2013 session, and such actions… [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
Assn., Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, County of Chautauqua Unit 6300, Chautauqua County Local 807, 8 NY3d 513, the Court of Appeals set out the following “two-part test” to determine whether a dispute between a public employer and the organization representing its employees is subject to arbitration: 1. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 7:25 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
Chamber of Commerce; National AFL-CIO; and – wait for it – AAA (formerly the American Automobile Association). [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 5:07 am by Kit Case
“It plays into the larger themes that we’ve been pushingaround low-wage workers who don’t have a lot of job security,”Amaya Smith, a spokeswoman for the AFL-CIO, said in aninterview. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 1:39 am by Jon Gelman
“It plays into the larger themes that we’ve been pushing around low-wage workers who don’t have a lot of job security,”Amaya Smith, a spokeswoman for the AFL-CIO, said in an interview. [read post]
23 Nov 2013, 12:42 pm by Jon Gelman
The AFL-CIO and others in labor have sought to strengthen their ties with worker centers as traditional union organizing has gone into decline.The move by unions has grabbed the attention of labor critics and they have tried to bring new scrutiny upon worker centers. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 5:30 am by Donna Ballman
The employer thought other non-professional employees should be included, but the smaller unit was approved.If you decide you want to organize a union at work, or want to know more about your rights to discuss and improve working conditions, I suggest contacting a union like AFL-CIO to get some help and legal advice. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 12:11 am by Jon Gelman
But then most consumers are hurt in the same way, and the unions have little ground for complaint given that ObamaCare would not have passed in 2010 without the fervent support of the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the rest.The unions ought to consider this tax a civic obligation in solidarity with the (uninsured) working folk they claim to support. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 3:51 pm by Ruby Powers
(Leila Navidi/LAS VEGAS SUN) A campaign set to be announced Thursday will marry the financial and political power of the AFL-CIO and SEIU labor unions with smaller grass-roots immigrant advocacy groups, including America’s Voice, PICO National Network, Mi Familia Vota and CASA in Action, to target nine House GOP lawmakers who support establishing a way for eligible immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. [read post]
10 Nov 2013, 10:15 am
“You don’t have to be a doctor at Johns Hopkins to know black lung disease when you see it,” said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, and a former president of the union’s affiliate, the United Mine Workers. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
[Ed. note: This article was first published in The Federalist, which you really should be reading by now.] [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
[Ed. note: This article was first published in The Federalist, which you really should be reading by now.]Americans currently pay high taxes on food, clothing, automobiles, industrial inputs and other goods and services, and their own United States Trade Representative is vigorously fighting other countries to keep it that way. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 8:53 am
[Ed. note: This article was first published in The Federalist, which you really should be reading by now.] [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 2:46 pm by Lisa Milam-Perez
For labor unions and employees, a fully functioning NLRB is a welcome development, as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka noted after yesterday’s confirmation vote. [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 8:10 pm by Jon Gelman
”Silvers said the AFL-CIO also opposes the entitlements cuts in the President’s budget, such as Chained CPI and a form of Medicare means testing. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 6:02 am by Larry Catá Backer
Thomas University, School of Law Justine Nolan – University of New South Wales Nwamaka Okany – Amsterdam Center for Int’l Law Kenny Perdue – West Virginia AFL-CIO Ashton Phillips – George Washington Law Alexandra Popov – former legal assistant (defense) to Liberian president Charles Taylor Rachel Rigby – U.S. [read post]
18 Sep 2013, 11:37 am by Epstein Becker Green
Last week during the AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention, the labor giant adopted a harsh resolution calling for these and other pro-labor changes to the ACA. [read post]
17 Sep 2013, 4:36 am by David DePaolo
As of Monday, the fund had received $215,000 in donations and paid out $67,400 in benefits for medical treatment and wage replacement, according to the Connecticut Office of Victim Services.The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities is of course against the bill because it greatly expands potential liability well beyond what happened at Sandy Hook.Osten's original bill had the backing of the Connecticut AFL-CIO, the Connecticut State Police Union, the Uniformed… [read post]