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AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The well-fed Union boss, AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka, took to the pages of
The Wall Street Journal to blast an article by investigative journalist Kimberly Strassel.
Strassel alleged that Big Labor’s insistence on having the PRO Act codified into the infrastructure bill is hampering bipartisan discussion and passage. Republicans recently countered with a $928 billion package, and Biden has shifted his former Memorial Day deadline, but rumbling on the ground reflects that this is not something that will be settled quickly; the PRO Act provision still resident in the bill is probably why.
The union that represents the company’s chorus members, among others, tentatively agreed to modest pay cuts, a reduction in ranks and a new health plan.
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roforofo fight between Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Labour Leaders have come and gone. Let us assume that is phase 1 because both parties had to sheathe their swords only upon the intervention of the Federal Government. While the standoff lasted, hateful words were hauled back and forth. ElRufai became Hell Rufai, and the Labour Leader was labelled a fugitive from the law and a bandit. Over and above, what we saw in Kaduna was a clash of ideologies… and that makes the issue very symbolic for the wellbeing of the soul of Nigeria, and indeed a sign of things to come, given that El-Rufai heads up a faction of APC middle-aged men who believe they are smart and are angling for the presidency in 2023. Kayode Fayemi is his sidekick. The arrogance with which Governor Nasir wanted to ‘waste’ civil servants in Kaduna was taken out of a neoliberal playbook. As elegant as the ideology looks on the surface, it has held Nigeria down and dragged her backwards since the days of
Brooklyn Museum Employees Take Steps Toward a Union
The new union would include curators, conservators, gift shop workers and others, as part of the U.A.W.
The museum, in 2019. “The Brooklyn Museum respects the rights of our employees to consider and evaluate union representation,” the museum said in a statement on Tuesday.Credit.Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
May 25, 2021Updated 2:05 p.m. ET
Employees at yet another of New York City’s major museums have taken steps to form a union.
This time the organizing effort is taking place at the Brooklyn Museum, where a proposed union would represent a mixture of full- and part-time workers. The Technical, Office and Professional Union, Local 2110, U.A.W. filed a petition Tuesday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote on the union.