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Biden Delivers A Happier Holiday To Millions As Unemployment Claims Drop To Lowest Level Since 1969
President Biden is overseeing an economy that has unemployment over the last four week have hit its lowest level since 1969.
Unions/workers rights
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Amazon Workers Allowed to Re-Vote for a Union After Corporate Interference
A National Labor relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer determined Amazon’s interference in the election warrants another vote.
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TVA votes to close two coal power plants, in blow to Trump
The Tennessee Valley Authority voted on Thursday to close two coal-fired power plants, including one in Kentucky that was mostly supplied by a company chaired by a donor to President Donald Trump, who had called on the U.S. owned utility to keep it open.
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Los Angeles teachers strike for higher pay, 640,000-student system shuts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers demanding higher pay walked off the job in the second-largest U.S. school system on Monday, union officials said, leaving hundreds of thousands of students in limbo, About 640,000 students arriving on Monday for classes at some 900 campuses in the Los Angeles County School District…
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Los Angeles teachers set for first strike in 30 years on Monday
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 30,000 teachers were expected to walk off the job in public schools across Los Angeles on Monday, staging their first strike in three decades after union leaders said they were “insulted” by the latest contract offer from district officials. Barring an unlikely 11th-hour deal between United…
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Air traffic controllers’ union sues over unpaid work during government shutdown
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A union that represents thousands of U.S. air traffic controllers filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday claiming its failure to pay the workers during an ongoing partial government shutdown could endanger passengers’ safety. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association said that requiring 16,000 controllers to work without…
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Kentucky Supreme Court tosses Republican pension law
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a law aimed at addressing the state’s cash-strapped retirement system because it was improperly passed by the Republican-controlled legislature. The unanimous opinion did not address the legality of pension changes contained in the law. Kentucky ranks among the bottom of U.S….
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Chicago’s focus turns to pensions after budget approval
By Karen Pierog CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago City Council on Wednesday gave overwhelming approval to the final budget proposed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who leaves office next year, and who said he will address looming pension funding challenges in December. “Our work is not done but we can say given where we were at…
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Coal union boosts giving to Democrats as hopes dim for industry revival
The United Mine Workers of America has donated nearly 84 percent of its money to Democratic candidates and committees in national races, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance data. That is a roughly 20-point jump from 2016, when Trump courted coal miners with promises of an industry comeback.
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Injury rates jump at coal giant Murray’s West Virginia mines
Injury rates have more than doubled at five West Virginia coal mines acquired by Murray Energy Corp. in 2013, according to a Reuters review of federal data, as the firm sharply increased the amount of coal produced per manhour.
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Where Trump flipped counties, worker incomes grow more slowly
In the 220 counties that flipped from voting for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in 2012 to Republican candidate Donald Trump in 2016, the average worker earned about $46,000 in the 12 months through March, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. That compared with a 2.6 percent increase to around $56,000 for the country as a whole, according to a Reuters analysis of Labor Department data.
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Missouri voters reject ‘right-to-work’ law in major win for unions
Voters in Missouri on Tuesday overwhelmingly decided to strike down a so-called “right-to-work” law barring the collection of fees from private-sector workers who choose not to become union members, a crucial victory for organized labor following a series of setbacks.
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Worker dies from injuries in west Texas pipeline blaze
One worker died after a fire and series of pipeline explosions two days ago in Midland County, Texas, officials said on Friday.
