50 reasons the Trump administration is bad for workers President Trump has said he would ‘protect’ and ‘fight for’ workers. Instead, his administration has systematically done the opposite. EPI Report • By Celine McNicholas, Lynn Rhinehart, and Margaret Poydock • September 16, 2020 The Trump administration’s…
The Backward Logic of Austerity Threatens America’s Most Vibrant Campus CUNY must be saved from needless cuts. By Ben Lerner — Mr. Lerner is a writer and a professor of English at Brooklyn College. May 26, 2020 Students at the Brooklyn College…
“PLAs’ cost savings are both direct and indirect and can be substantial” By: Fred B. Kotler, J.D. Associate Director Construction Industry Program School of Industrial and Labor Relations Cornell University ● PLAs are a valuable construction management tool for project…
13 Charts From 2019 That Will Blow Your Mind Economic Policy Institute See All the charts here
Let’s pay preschool educators a worthy wage ..AFT Follow May 1 · By Tammy Duckworth I know firsthand the difference a teacher can make in a student’s life. When I was a child, my dad lost his job — and all too quickly,…
Unions Not Companies Deliver Real, Sustainable Financial Security Families Need More Financial Help, Unions Can Deliver GETTY –FORBES – Nov 4, 2019 — Christian Weller Senior Contributor — A lot of American working-class families struggle financially. A range of organizations thus encourage…
–Yahoo Finance Andy Serwer with Max ZahnYahoo Finance October 19, 2019 — I’ve been seeing all kinds of blather lately that increasing pay — particularly a higher minimum wage — is killing job growth. Meaning that because employers have to…
NY Fed: Minimum wage hikes didn’t kill jobs Study found that higher pay boosted job numbers for low income workers –Crain’s NY Business: GREG DAVID — Columnist — September 25, 2019 11:25 AM Bloomberg HIGHLIGHTS • Study zeroed in on NY border • Wages increased…
NLRB makes it easier for employers to change labor contracts without union permission –by Sean Higgins | September 10, 2019 — Washington Examiner — The National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency, issued a ruling Tuesday that will…
Students and others protest on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on April 1, 2015, in support of raising the minimum wage for campus workers to $15 an hour. (Ted S. Warren/AP) In every state, the minimum wage is…