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SHARE: While the federal government and many states have been sluggish in taking definitive action against climate change, New York has offered a range of examples of what a state can do by itself. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a landmark 2019 law, mandated that the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. The Climate Action Council of experts established by the legislation is expected to work out all the details in a plan due by th...

The coronavirus pandemic called even more attention to the pressures dealt with by hourly workers. While many companies ceded sick pay to their employees during the crisis, concerns about valuing profits over safety have led many to speak up, like the recent union drive by Amazon workers in Alabama. "Last year was a big wake-up call for front-line workers and the necessity of having those people," McRitchie said. One example is the widening chasm between CEO and worker compensation. From 1978 t...

Readers, we are now in the midst of Water Cooler’s annual fundraiser. Our goal is 325 donors, and right now 90 of you have contributed. Thank you! Remember, this is not like the NC fundraiser, which funds a year in advance. You are donating for work I have already done , which I hope you found informative and fun and useful, and which I hope to be able to continue to do. One donor commented: You have done well during still another year of baroque confusion, obfuscation, and panic. If you agr...

Minnesota Workers Took on the National Guard to Defend Black Lives Members of the Minnesota National Guard stand guard outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters as protesters gather on April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images On Sunday, April 11, a cop pulled Daunte Wright over for air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror and expired tags. Then she murdered him, saying she couldn’t tell her gun from her taser. The killing happened 20 minut...

NEW YORK – The Communications Workers of America District 1, 1199SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association issued statements today in support of new, safe staffing legislation introduced in both the Senate and Assembly. Two pieces of legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and Senator Gustavo Rivera would establish a process for setting and enforcing safe staffing minimum standards at every hospital and nursing home. “We are pleased to see the Legislature take up these im...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.20.21 Good Tuesday morning. Breaking overnight — “ Gov. DeSantis signs online sales tax plan” via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics — DeSantis has signed the online sales tax bill into law, answering the question of whether he would act on the bill or let it roll into law without his John Hancock. An estimated $1 billion in revenue would come from the new enforcement of sales taxes technically alr...

PODCAST A room with a view: a non-tech explanation of containers and Kubernetes Private equity TMT activity making comeback in Europe PODCAST 19 Apr, 2021 Author Katie Arcieri Big Tech companies are likely to see more organized labor initiatives from blue- and white-collar employees, despite a recent failed effort to form a union at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama, labor experts say. Historically, unionization has not been associated with Sili...

Federal Judge Orders Minnesota Law Enforcement to Stop Assaulting, Harassing Journalists at Protests 18 Apr 2021 A federal judge issued an order stopping Minnesota law enforcement officials and their agents, employees, and representatives from harassing and physically assaulting journalists covering the Daunte Wright protests. Journalists say police officers pepper-sprayed and shot them with rubber bullets, and detained, and engaged in “other acts impeding the press’s ability to observe and...

Unions and labor advocates with high hopes that President Biden A $15 minimum wage provision was jettisoned from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan; labor’s top legislative priority, the PRO Act, is once again stalled in the Senate; and a union organizing effort at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama was soundly defeated.    Union leaders argue that Biden is still delivering on his campaign promise to be a pro-union president and that progress has been slow going because of razor-thin Democr...

70 frontline workers at a Tennessee school were laid off. Now legislators are rallying for them. insider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan,Allana Akhtar) © USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect Demonstrators protest against the layoffs of 70 UTHSC frontline facilities workers in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, March 12, 2021.The University Of Tennessee Health Science Center Layouts USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect 70 frontline workers were abruptly laid off from University of Tenne...