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Lolita DePalma
In the aftermath of the Chicago teachers' strike, which ended on October 31, students and teachers are struggling to catch up on missing work. Some high school seniors who were unable to take the SAT during the strike have now missed early admission deadlines. A few Illinois state schools have responded by extending admissions deadlines […]
Deanna Krokos
The 40-day UAW strike came to an end of Friday, as workers approved a 4-year deal by 57.2%. The contract includes major wins for workers. In addition to promised raises and performance bonuses, it remedies the long-criticized "two-tier" system. The contract lays out a structure to bring the pay of workers that were brought in […]
Sectoral Approach for Domestic Workers
Jul 16, 2019 Sharon Block
This week, Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Pramila Jayapal introduced the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (HR 3760 and S 2112). The bill provides a number of important protections for domestic workers. The bill corrects several historical exclusions of domestic workers from the nation's social safety net – ensuring that domestic workers are covered […]
New Work Towards a New Labor Law
Aug 16, 2018 Sharon Block
The New York Times editorial last week celebrating the landslide victory of the ballot initiative to repeal Missouri's right-to-work (for less) law was entitled, "The Wind at Labor's Back." Those words haven't been put together in that order in a long time, as we have witnessed a decades-long decline in the size, power, and vitality […]
Jared Odessky
Yesterday Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act, a plan to reduce income inequality while still operating within a capitalist framework. The goal is to make large companies responsive not only to their shareholders, but also to their employees. Under the bill, corporations with more than one billion dollars in annual revenue would be […]
Sign of the Times?
May 25, 2017 Benjamin Sachs
Notable that as commentators in the U.S. call for a move from enterprise to sectoral-level bargaining, relying in part on the the French example, France's new President wants his country to move from sectoral to enterprise-level bargaining.
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