Joe Biden said combating the coronavirus pandemic would be his administration’s top priority
News Source (Joe Biden's campaign contends that President Trump's talk of delaying November's election is an effort to distract, and vows...
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CEO-to-worker pay gap to surge with coronavirus, AFL-CIO says
News Source Top executives at U.S. public companies made an average of $14.8 million last year, 264 times their employees' earnings, a...
Labor unions petition Transportation Department for a mandatory mask rule
News Source Labor unions representing transportation workers formally asked the U.S. Department of Transportation this week to issue an...
Moving Michigan back to phase 3 is ‘probably inevitable’ if behaviors don’t change
News Source Gerry Anderson isn’t ready to advise Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to move the state of Michigan back to phase 3 of the six-phase MI...
Meatpacking workers file lawsuit against OSHA, accusing agency of failing to keep them safe
News Source The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is failing to do its job properly, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by...
Biden spoke at an SEIU roundtable where he pledged to defend workers’ rights
News Source “I’m not only going to defend workers’ rights to organize. I’m going to encourage collective bargaining. As I said, I’ll ban...
Unions Mobilize for Passage of the HEROES Act
News Source =The AFL-CIO and its affiliate labor unions condemn Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his body’s failure to pass the...
Biden announces $775 billion plan to fund universal child care and in-home elder care
News Source WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new plan Tuesday that aims to fundamentally shift the way...
Biden's climate plan tries to bring unions into clean energy
News Source Joe Biden’s latest climate change and clean energy plan mentions the word union more than it does the climate itself. Why it...
Trump is trying to block new federal funding for testing and the CDC in the upcoming relief bill
News Source The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the...
Absentee ballots must be received by Election Day, Michigan Court of Appeals rules
News Source LANSING -- The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled this week that absentee ballots must be in the local clerk’s office by...
White House-backed campaign pushes alternate career paths
News Source WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump on Tuesday unveiled a White House-backed national ad campaign...
Hero’ Pay Raises Disappear for Many Essential Workers
News Source Many retailers across the United States have quietly stopped providing their workers with the pay raises they had dispensed...
Biden Touts Union Jobs in $2 Trillion Plan to Build Clean Energy
News Source Joe Biden unveiled plans Tuesday to spend $2 trillion creating a clean energy economy, with ambitions to spur millions of...
Gov. Whitmer extends orders on grocery store hours, nursing home rules
News Source Executive orders requiring grocery stores to keep special hours for seniors and vulnerable populations to shop and...
Panel OKs controversial changes to state employee union due authorizations
News Source Lansing — Many Michigan employees will be required to reauthorize their union membership each year after a vote from the...
SEIU Endorses Joe Biden for President
News Source After a rigorous, months-long engagement process, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today endorsed Vice...
Biden lashes Trump in economic speech tinged with populist rhetoric
News Source Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday laid out an economic vision for the country rooted in...
AFSCME has launched an ad campaign to pressure Republican senators to back additional aid
News Source A top labor union representing public employees across the country is expanding its campaign to pressure Senate Republicans...
Governor Whitmer extends water shutoff moratorium
News Source Governor Gretchen Whitmer has extended a moratorium on water service shutoffs for non-payment through the end of the year....
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