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Got to dive into how the little-known Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act impacts people on the ground w/
@Dareasmunhoz
. The afternoon welding program that 20-year-old Givens Louis-Jean is taking in CT, wouldn't exist without funding from the law🧵
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This is how close you can get to the White House right now
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BREAKING: workers trying to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. will officially have a new election after finding that the tech giant interfered and violated workers’ labor rights, per the
@RWDSU
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NLRB general counsel Peter Robb has been fired, a WH spokesperson tells me.
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The Columbia Heights Christmas tree leaves a lot to be desired this year
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BREAKING: The NLRB Hearing Officer who presided over the case has determined that Amazon violated labor law in the Bessemer, Ala. union drive and is recommending that the Regional Director set aside the results of the election and direct a second election, per the
@RWDSU
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EXCLUSIVE: SEIU endorses Biden, boosting Democrat's 2020 ground game
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Vladimir Putin's Black Belt Revoked by International Taekwondo Organization
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‼️ Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told Reuters in an interview on Thursday: “We are looking at it but in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees"
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Fun fact about the Capitol: there's tiny doors everywhere
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Sen.
@BernieSanders
says during a press call on Democrats' bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 that Democrats "can and must use reconciliation ... to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour."
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The economy's check-engine light is blinking red again.
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Walsh’s labor department cracks down on Dunkin franchisee
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BIG news this am: A new proposal from the DOL would make more than 3 million workers newly eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week
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NEW: Workers at two of the largest, most influential think tanks -- Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute -- are forming a union with
@NonprofitUnion
, adding to a growing trend in white-collar collective bargaining.
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Many people may not know this, but I had to work two jobs just to get by while working at
@politico
. Many weeks, even during the height of our pandemic coverage, I didn’t have a single day off.
After over 500 days of bargaining,
@politico
management still refuses to get serious about fair wages and basic job protections.
Today, more than 200 PEN Guild members signed a letter demanding a contract that delivers both — and we hand delivered it to CEO Goli Sheikholeslami👇
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REPORTER: Will you ever pay off your student loan and credit card debt?
ME:
REPORTER: Can you get the USMCA passed by Congress?
TRUMP: "Whatever."
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Workers from both corporate owned and franchised restaurants argue that McDonald's' requirement that stores be kept open late at night, its mandated store design and its lack of safety training create unsafe conditions for workers at the fast-food chain.
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Peter Sung Ohr, the new Acting General Counsel of the
@NLRB
writes in an email to agency staff: “I look at the NLRB from the view point of my working-class immigrant parents. Would my parents know what to do if they were retaliated against in the workplace?”
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INBOX: The
@USChamber
is calling on lawmakers to end the $300 supplemental boost in UI benefits. “Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.”
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Scoop: McDonald's to stop lobbying against minimum wage increases
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Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said that DOL's forthcoming mandatory Covid workplace safety rules will be limited to health care settings, a major loss for advocates and unions representing grocery and meatpacking workers
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👀A court has directed US Marshals to take two corporate officials of a Wisconsin salon into custody until they comply with a court order enforcing an NLRB decision that required the company to address violations of federal labor law.
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Story:
BREAKING: workers trying to unionize an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. will officially have a new election after finding that the tech giant interfered and violated workers’ labor rights, per the
@RWDSU
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Peter Robb’s replacement at the NLRB,
Deputy General Counsel Alice B. Stock received an email from the White House asking for her resignation by 5pm today, an NLRB spokesperson says via email.
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“McDonald’s has failed, at a systemic level, to protect its workers from violence in the workplace,” said Danny Rosenthal, the lead attorney on the case. Workers detailed incidents in which customers pulled a gun and beat a worker with a wet-floor sign, among other violent acts.
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Uber and Lyft drivers were paid up to $100 to demonstrate against a bill that could make them employees
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NEW: The AFL-CIO is expected to come out against the filibuster, the Senate rule that stands in the way of some of their top priorities for the Biden administration w/
@hollyotterbein
and
@eleanor_mueller
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This month marks THREE years at
@politico
!! I couldn’t be more grateful to be writing about workers in times like these!
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BREAKING: The Biden administration’s forthcoming vaccine mandates for millions of private employers, certain health care workers and federal contractors will not be enforced until after the holiday season
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NEW from me: Last month OSHA proposed fining a Smithfield plant $13k for Covid-19 safety risks. Under Reagan in 1988 it fined the EXACT SAME PLANT under the same legal authority, but proposed $4.3 million in fines.
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THREAD: Yesterday we received a way better than expected May jobs report. There's been a lot of conversation as to why. Here's what economists have been telling me:
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The fast-food giant has "acted contrary to recommendations from expert bodies such as NIOSH and OSHA for minimizing the risk of violence in the workplace," the complaint argues.
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New: DOL's wage regulator and the NLRB have struck an agreement to collaborate on investigations and share information on potential violations of law, specifically targeting independent contractor misclassification and retaliation against workers.
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The Biden proposal would raise the salary piece of the test to ensure workers making less than about $55,000 annually are automatically owed overtime pay, a bump from the current level of $35,568.
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Scoop: Politico and E & E News employees are petitioning the labor board today for a unionization vote and requesting voluntary recognition from management, saying they have over 80% support
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"We're going to have tents, they're going to be very nice, and they're gonna wait."
@realDonaldTrump
told
@IngrahamAngle
Monday on asylum seekers
.
@POTUS
on facilities for asylum seekers: "We’re going to build tent cities. We’re going to put tents up all over the place."
@IngrahamAngle
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Labor Department attorneys are turning down cases -- even when they find violations of federal labor laws -- due to a lack of resources. A regional arm of DOL's Solicitor's Office told an investigator it “cannot litigate every case due to resource issues.”
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The union representing the U.S. Capitol Police says officers are "frustrated & demoralized by the lack of leadership that undermined the response of law enforcement to the violent events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6," calls for is leadership change at "the highest level"
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New strategy against the vaccine mandate from the GOP: lawmakers move to use the Congressional Review Act to nullify the forthcoming vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard from OSHA
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ICYMI: The U.S. DOL's Wage and Hour Division will have 100 new investigator openings in the coming weeks in an effort to beef up ranks that have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade.
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is spending nearly half a million dollars to air ads boosting Donald Trump-endorsed John Gibbs over Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), who voted to impeach Trump last year.
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Press is not locked out from Biden’s speech. There are at least two dozen press inside the convention hall right now — including myself. Press advisory said to get here as early as 6am to get in.
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SCOOP: Biden will tap Jennifer Abruzzo, an attorney with the
@CWAUnion
to become the federal labor board’s top cop. He also plans to revoke former President Donald Trump’s executive order creating an industry-led apprenticeship program
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The National Labor Relations Board will seek bargaining orders if employers fail to recognize a union or commit “even one” unfair labor practice in the run-up to a representation election under its new Cemex doctrine,
@parker_purifoy
reports:
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JUST NOW: The Senate votes to confirm Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor 68 to 29
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FOLKS! Today is my first day at
@BLaw
!
I'm still covering the Labor Department! So send all of your tips, tricks and cat pics to rrainey
@bloombergindustry
.com
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WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS a cancellation of sad dog commercials during the pandemic. Let’s be honest we really can’t handle it.
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O’Rourke said he would take executive action on his first day in office to end family separations at the border, rescind travel bans, reunite families and “remove the fear of deportation” for DACA and TPS recipients
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DOL is withdrawing the Trump administration's independent contractor rule that would have made it easier for businesses to classify their workers as "independent contractors" who are not covered by federal minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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THE SAGA CONTINUES
.
@RepMcSally
on House dress code, "I stand here in my professional dress, which happens to be a sleeveless dress and open toed shoes."
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"No workplace is off limits" says
@AFLCIO
president
@LizShuler
when talking about organizing this am at National Press Club
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NEW: The Labor Department confirms it has sent an emergency COVID-19 workplace safety standard to the Office of Management and Budget today — signaling the mandatory rules will be published soon.
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Current Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee Sen. Lamar Alexander is not running for reelection in 2020.
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“There's no coordination,”
@drdavidmichaels
told me. “The CDC didn’t coordinate with either OSHA or EEOC. And that's resulted in chaos in the workplaces across the country.”
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Just a few moments ago: With Vice President Kamala Harris casting a tie-breaking vote, the Senate confirms CWA attorney Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
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Employers aren't required to pay workers who are salaried, make more than a certain amount of money per year, and have certain job duties, time-and-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Employees must meet all three of these factors for the exemption to apply.
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LET THE NEWSLETTER WRITERS SLEEP
If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?
@MarkMeadows
@senatemajldr
@kevinomccarthy
@SpeakerPelosi
@SenSchumer
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Breaking: U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh is leaving the Biden administration w/
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Here is a side by side comparison of the new daily publication offered by the University of Maryland communications department and the independent student newspaper
@thedbk
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Layoffs at major tech companies means workers on temporary H-1B specialty occupation visas may potentially have to leave the country on top of losing their jobs.
@kreighbaum
explains:
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“How would they like to be treated if they had the wherewithal to come to the NLRB for help?” Ohr goes on. “Ultimately, the NLRB exists to provide an important service to our community members.”
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The
@ufcw
is worried about the CDC’s new guidance that says fully vaccinated ppl no longer need to wear masks indoors. UFCW says it fails “to consider how it will impact essential workers who face frequent exposure to individuals who are not vaccinated and refuse to wear masks.”
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During
@AFLCIO
press call this morning
@RichardTrumka
says 743 union members were elected last night
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No matter what deal Congress reaches, millions of laid-off workers will go weeks without extra federal jobless aid. Because the benefits haven’t been renewed yet — it’s already too late for some state UI systems to adjust their computers. W/
@klandergan
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New: Trump hasn’t yet released disaster unemployment funds requested by states. A senior admin official said they are holding off on approving requests b/c it anticipates Congress will provide similar aid in the covid-19 stimulus package
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Workers at the agency tasked with protecting the nation's miners say they've dealt with a hostile work environment, retaliation, and bullying. I reviewed five EEO complaints filed against leadership at MSHA's headquarters:
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Labor begins to line up against the filibuster. 👀 The AFL-CIO executive council is meeting on this issue today. IUPAT's general president Kenneth Rigmaiden is a member of the federation's executive council.
Today, our union is joining the widespread call to demand an end to the filibuster in the Senate.
After the House passage of the PRO Act last night, the time is now for the Senate to stop hiding behind arcane rules that has prevented pro-worker legislation for decades.
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The House is expected to pass a bill today that would revoke the 1982 ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment. Be sure to follow
@eleanor_mueller
for coverage of the vote ⬇️
The House is about to vote on a bill reviving the ERA — and those on either side are having different conversations. For supporters, it's a long-overdue step toward gender equality. For opponents, it's a backdoor to abortion. My and
@AliceOllstein
's story:
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Donald Trump says this press conference wasn't originally scheduled to comment on Charlottesville, but he will
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Miami Herald reporter
@jkbjournalist
says on
@ReliableSources
that she had to convince victims the Herald would actually publish the Acosta story, because they feared someone higher up at McClatchy would shut the story down.
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The mean number of days it takes newly unionized employers and their newly organized workers to ratify a first contract has grown to 465 days. (The median showed a more moderate increase, from 356 to 374 days.)
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"The government doesn’t keep statistics on how many people have had their permits expire while waiting for a renewal, but officials estimate that, at its worst in January and February, hundreds per day were losing permission to work,"
@DLind
reports.
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So many unions in New York for the Labor Day parade. Asked a group of women what union they were in. Their response? “the best one.”
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“I think this campaign can be seen as a bellwether for things to come.”
NEW from me: how the stakes in the Alabama Amazon union battle go far beyond the struggle involving nearly 6,000 workers at the fulfillment center in Bessemer.
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Nearly half of the 6,143 Amazon warehouse workers eligible to vote in a union re-do election in the coming weeks in Bessemer, Alabama, are new and didn’t vote in a drive that failed last year:
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The union election at an Alabama Amazon fulfillment center comes to a close today. The stakes go beyond the facility in Bessemer:
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More than 70 unions & advocacy groups including
@NelpNews
,
@AFLCIO
,
@AFSCME
,
@Teamsters
and
@NAACP
will send a letter to Congress today urging lawmakers to reject legal frameworks like CA's Prop 22
@eleanor_mueller
reports in
@ProMorningShift
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Rail workers on why the largest rail unions rejected the tentative contract agreement brokered by the Biden administration:
NEW: Railroad workers are telling Congress to stop doing the bidding of profitable & exploitative railroad companies.
3 of the 5 largest rail unions rejected a tentative contract that gives workers 0 paid sick days.
Workers want Congress to improve the deal & save the industry.
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Good friends pass you notes when you’re on the phone with your financial advisor
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Gooooood morning Twitter! I’m headed to Bessemer, Alabama today to cover
@SenSanders
visit and the union drive at the Amazon facility there! Stay tuned!
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The incoming Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Bernie Sanders’ office says the budget resolution that will be intro’d Tuesday “will enable the Senate to raise the federal minimum wage from a starvation wage of $7.25 an hour to a living wage.”
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