We already knew that as a direct result of relying on voluntary employer policies to provide paid sick leave to employees, over fifty million U.S. workers have no paid sick days at all.
A new study reports that more than a third of working [...]
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In 2007, Joe Biden “walked a day in the shoes” of an Iowa middle school custodian.Three Los Angeles Unified School District employees wanted to make sure that the candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction walked a day in their [...] The recession hit baby boomers who put all all their retirement security eggs in the 401K basket especially hard. Even though millions have seen their risky individual accounts crash, retirement security has increasingly come under [...] Legislative Research Analyst originally appeared on SEIU.org on Thursday, Mar 11, 2010. [...] Manager, Organizational Development and Training originally appeared on SEIU.org on Thursday, Mar 11, 2010. [...]
Recent polls show a majority of Americans want Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform now. And for good reason: There’s more news out this week about the enormous increases in health insurance premiums, according to a new report. A survey from Economist/YouGov released this week, shows 53 percent of respondents support changes proposed by the Obama administration. A second poll by Ipsos/McClutchey shows that 53 percent of Americans either support the current reform option or hope for an even stronger reform package. More than a third of those who oppose current reform proposals actually favor stronger [...]
Here are a few items worth noting today. * Kudos to union members in West Virginia who successfully pushed the state’s legislature to adopt a resolution creating Labor History week following Labor Day. Just last month, Wisconsin union activists succeeded in their years-long effort to get the state legislature to make labor history part of the state’s public education standards. * From the Campaign for America’s Future: Huffington Post’s Art Delaney highlights expiring stimulus program that could cost 100,00 jobs: “…more than 100,000 people…will lose their jobs by September unless Congress extends a stimulus bill provision that gives states funding to create jobs programs for low-income parents and young adults….” * A laid-off worker now spends nearly five months unemployed, longer than any other time on record, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). * In the “here’s how hard up we are for good news about jobs” category: The ratio of job seekers per job opening dropped from six to one in December to 5.4 in January. How sad is it that this is good [...] Political Capacity Coordinator originally appeared on SEIU.org on Thursday, Mar 11, 2010. [...] Health and Welfare Fund Administrator originally appeared on SEIU.org on Thursday, Mar 11, 2010. [...]
Three-Year Agreement Increases Wages, Bonuses
Approximately 3,500 Costco Teamsters in New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Virginia ratified a new, three-year agreement that includes wage increases and annual guaranteed bonuses. The wage and bonus increases will maintain the members’ distinction as the highest paid retail workers in the country. The ratification by East Coast Costco employees comes on the heels of ratification of a similar contract by 12,000 California Teamsters last month. “Again, we see that the margin of ratification was the lowest in memory due to the members’ dissatisfaction with Costco’s refusal to give East Coast Costco Teamsters the same pension plan that Costco Teamsters enjoy in California,” said negotiations chairman and International Vice President Rome Aloise. “This issue will not go away and we intend to continue to pursue this issue throughout the term of the agreement.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto [...] |
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