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Share As digital technology continues to transform the ways we work, communicate, and access and consume services, many groups in society are at risk of being left behind. At a special online public event, experts from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), the Work Foundation think tank, local government, the private and charity sectors will examine how a greater and smarter use of digital technologies can promote economic and social inclusion. What Matters Now: Digital Inclusion takes...

(The Center Square) – The union for a Los Angeles trucking company, Teamsters Local 986, was forced out after nearly 80% of workers signed a petition with the National Labor

The fashion retail industry has been severely hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. High streets will be left unrecognisable as stalwarts such as Debenhams and Arcadia Group’s brands permanently shut their shops, with many others also expected to rationalise their store portfolios this year. But store losses also have a marked human cost. Following Boohoo Group’s acquisition of Debenhams last month the etailer will retain none of its 12,000 staff – 77% of whom are female, the department stores we...

Sen. Paul, Rep. Wilson Introduce National Right to Work Act Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) introduced legislation that would ensure that all American workers can “choose to refrain from joining or paying dues to a union as a condition for employment.” Their proposal, the National Right to Work Act of 2021, repeals six provisions of current federal law and regulation that grant labor unions the power to collect mandatory membership dues from all employees in a workplace...

Biden Labor Purge Sparks Legal Challenge Getty Images Graham Piro • February 22, 2021 4:59 am SHARE An Oregon worker is challenging President Joe Bidens day one purge of Trump appointees from a federal agency, arguing that the administration is shielding a major union accused of violating labor law. Jeremy Brown accused the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Local 51 of illegally siphoning donations from his paycheck, prompting an investigation from the Nationa...

Toggle navigation A program to pay homage to the martyrs was organized by the Hearts at Work Foundation of Surat and Greenman Viral Desai Surat pays tribute to the brave Martyrs of Pulwama ANI | Updated: Feb 16, 2021 12:13 IST Surat (Gujarat) [India] February 16 (ANI/PNN): In the second year of the Pulwama terror attack, a program to pay homage to the martyrs was organized by the Hearts at Work Foundation of Surat and Greenman Viral Desai. The first P...

Right to Work Group Demands Documents on Firing of Labor Panel’s Top Lawyers National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) officials are demanding copies of all documents related to President Joe Biden’s unprecedented firing of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) two top lawyers. The lawyers were NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb and his deputy, Alice Stock, who briefly replaced her former boss; they were both subsequently replaced on an acting basis by Biden’s selection of Peter Ohr....

(The Center Square) – Just minutes after taking office on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden’s Office of Presidential Personnel demanded that Senate-confirmed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 11:17 AM PT – Friday, January 29, 2021 During his first day in office, Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking the permit for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The move was met with immediate backlash. The International Union of Operating Engineers, which endorsed Biden for President, even criticized the move. One America’s Stephanie Myers spoke with Mark Mix, the President of the National Right to Work Foundation, to talk about the free legal aid being off...

Supreme Court Won’t Make Government Unions Give Back Unconstitutional Dues While Mark Janus won a landmark legal victory in 2018 outlawing public-sector unions’ collection of forced agency fees from nonmembers, the Supreme Court has denied his follow-up request to have his money reimbursed, without granting him a hearing. The new ruling in which the high court refused to consider the petition for certiorari in Janus v. AFSCME, which bears the same title of proceeding as the landmark ruling,...