News from EPI: Proposed rule would protect employers who steal workers’ hard-earned tips By Heidi Shierholz • December 2017 Today the Trump administration took their first major step towards allowing employers to legally take tips earned by the workers they employ. The…
Wisconsin Has Seen Largest Middle-Class Decline Of Any State, Study Finds Wisconsin’s middle class saw the steepest decline in the country since 2000, according to a new study. Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture (CC-BY) Economist Says De-Unionization, Recession, Erosion Of Manufacturing Are Factors…
The New AFL-CIO Stand on Climate Change What Does It Mean for Labor and for the Climate? by Jeremy Brecher At its Quadrennial Convention in late October, the AFL-CIO unanimously adopted a resolution on “Climate Change, Energy, and Union Jobs.” [https://aflcio.org/resolutions/resolution-55-climate-change-energy-and-union-jobs]…
Raises: Survey shows 52% of workers didn’t get one in the past year —Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Nov. 15, 2017 — (Photo: Getty Images) More than half of Americans have not gotten a bump in salary over the past 12 months,…
GOP lawmakers introduce bill to require union recertification by Sean Higgins | Nov 9, 2017 – Washington Examiner — The legislation would allow workers to petition their union to hold a recertification vote whenever its membership has had more than 50 percent turnover from…
Cutting corporate taxes will not boost American wages EPI Report • By Josh Bivens • October 25, 2017 The Trump administration is marketing its plan to give huge tax cuts to the richest U.S. households with a bold but fanciful claim: that these…
Conn. Higher Ed Students, Faculty Give ‘F’ To Republican Budget CSCU Faculty, stafff and students hold a press conference giving “report cards” to lawmakers unable to pass a budget and for sending Malloy a budget that proposes $93 million in…
Labor Unions Are Stepping Up To Fight Deportations Organized labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families vulnerable in the Trump era. —By Dave Jamieson — Huffington Post– Yahaira Burgos was fearing the worst when her husband,…
Report: CT’s low-income jobs on the rise —PATRICIA DADDONA— Hartford Business Journal– Connecticut’s share of low-income jobs has ticked up by 1.3 percentage points since 2011, according to a report from New Haven-based Connecticut Voices for Children. According to the…
U.S. judge strikes down Obama administration overtime pay rule —Daniel Wiessner – Reuters — (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million…