Thousands of workers have rallied outside Western Australia’s state parliament, warning the McGowan government a protracted battle over public sector pay is far from over. Unions representing health workers, police officers and other public sector workers turned out in force on Wednesday despite stormy weather in Perth. The alliance of workers is pushing for a…
Unions Warn McGowan Government Western Australia Wages Campaign Isn’t Over
Worksheet at Boston High School Suggests Assassinations as Legitimate Form of Resisting ‘Oppression’
At Charlestown High School in the city of Boston, certain teachers instructing students learning English who recently arrived in the United States may be indoctrinating these children to incite violence as a form of resistance to their alleged oppressors, according to experts. The “classroom files” of three of the school’s teachers in the Sheltered English…
Praise and Criticism Hits California Union Dues Tax Credit
California’s union members could soon get a special union-dues break on state taxes under a new law. Senate Bill 189, signed into law on June 30, includes a plan to “[i]mplement a tax credit under the Personal Income Tax Law to offset a portion of costs associated with union membership.” However, the tax credit still…
Worker Shortage a Bigger Inflation Threat Than Unions, Economist Reminds
News Analysis Amid record-high job vacancies and low unemployment, wages have not kept pace with inflation and workers are feeling the pinch. Unions are starting to negotiate some of the biggest pay hikes in years, but an economist says their impact on pushing wages much higher, which could make inflation very difficult to bring down,…
House Democrats Vote to Allow Staffers to Unionize; Republicans Predict Bargaining Chaos
House Democrats voted overwhelmingly to allow thousands of congressional aides working on their personal office staffs to form unions with the power to bargain collectively on their working conditions. On a 217-202 vote on May 10, the House adopted a resolution introduced by Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) to approve regulations required under the Congressional Accountability…
Pelosi Orders Minimum Pay Boost for House Aides to $45,000
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced on May 6 that she is ordering the minimum salary to be paid to congressional aides in the lower chamber of Congress to be increased to $45,000. “I am pleased to announce that … the House will for the first time ever set the minimum annual pay…
Electric Car Transition Puts Over 70,000 Jobs at Risk in Italy, Unions and Lobby Say
MILAN—The transition to electric vehicles will put around 73,000 jobs at risk in Italy, metal workers’ unions and a lobby group said on Thursday, calling on the government to start discussions on measures to support the automotive industry. Analysts say the auto sector in Italy could be hit harder than elsewhere because of the small…
UniCredit Reaches Deal With Unions on Job Cuts in Italy
MILAN—Italian lender UniCredit has signed an agreement with unions for 1,200 voluntary job cuts to be partly offset by 725 new hires, the country’s biggest banking union said on Thursday. The accord follows a new three-year plan to the end of 2024 presented on Dec. 9 by Chief Executive Andrea Orcel, who had taken over…
South Australian Teachers’ Strike on First Day of School Term a Possibility
The majority of South Australian teachers who are members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) have voted to strike on the first day of the school term due to COVID-19 health and safety concerns. School and preschool teacher members were balloted, with almost two-thirds supporting industrial action via a full day stoppage on Wednesday, Feb.2,…
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Resigns to Lead California Labor Federation
January 4, 2022
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Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) announced that she will resign Jan. 5 from the 80th District seat and lead the nation’s largest labor federation of unions. During an Assembly meeting Monday, Gonzalez said she will become the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, with 2 million workers in industries including manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector,…
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