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Biden just backed a union drive in Alabama but didnt mention Amazon. Heres why thats a good thing Salon 3/1/2021 Joe Biden | Amazon Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images In a video released on Sunday, President Joe Biden expressed solidarity with Amazon warehouse workers currently organizing to form a union in a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. "Today and over the next few days and weeks, workers in Alabama and all across America are voting on whether to organize ...

Evers budget restores collective bargaining rights. Republicans vow to block this. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Act 10 protests at the Wisconsin Capitol 2011. Photo by Richard Hurd. (CC BY 2.0) For tens of thousands of Wisconsin workers who lost most or all of their rights on the job a decade ago, one provision in Gov. Tony Evers’ second biennial budget stands out: Evers’ proposal to restore collective bargaining for public employees....

The “Make Me Do It” Myth Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed. President Barack Obama reacts to a protester as he speaks at the Copernicus Community Center on November 25, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. (John Gress/Getty Images) In early 2009, as Barack Obama prepared to move into the White House, a particular historical anecdote rapidly gained in popularity, repeated in dozens of talks and article...

Big companies pay more than small companies, give bigger pay increases and provide better benefits.

For too long the Conservatives have left workplace protections to the whims of employers, with awful consequences ‘The government’s utter disinterest in applying the law has certainly not been lost on Uber.’ An Uber car, London. Photograph: Alamy ‘The government’s utter disinterest in applying the law has certainly not been lost on Uber.’ An Uber car, London. Photograph: Alamy Sat 20 Feb 2021 03.00 EST Last modified on Sun 21 Feb 2021 06.13 EST In 2018, Ali submitted a claim against...

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Vice President Mike Pence officiate a joint session of the House and Senate at the Capitol in Washington Jan. 6. (CNS/pool via Reuters/J. Scott Applewhite) Politico looks at the Georgia Senate results and the fact that Republicans are beginning to turn on President Donald Trump. I thought incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said it best, in a tweet: "Spitballing here, but it may be that telling voters that you intend...

Reply Liz Bracken Thompson, Partner Thompson & Bender Mecca E. Mitchell, Esq., Senior VP of Diversity and Community Relations for Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) White Plains, N.Y. (December 2020) – United Way of Westchester and Putnam hosted its annual and first virtual Womens Leadership Council "Take a Walk in Her Shoes" event on December 8. Maria M. Trusa, CEO of Formé Medical Center and Urgent Care was recognized as its 2020 "Woman of Distinction." Trusa, an imm...

Personal View: Housing crisis looms large over Cleveland DR. TOBY COSGROVE Dr. Toby Cosgrove The COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend our world and make it crystal clear just how fragile our health, social and economic prosperity are. Its undeniable that complicated, deeply rooted inequities exist in our nation as people of color suffer disproportionately from this virus and its many ripple effects. The result is a looming housing crisis upon an already existing poverty crisis within our city. ...

Youre going to actually help them. you know, this is why we need a full debate on poverty and the issues of poverty and low wealth. i believe we would do a whole lot better with what were talk being now with candidates and polling if we would deal with these issues. trump believes in feeding the greedy and taking from the needy. he believes in gorging the wealthy with tax cuts they dont need and taking from the poor what they do need. but look at the pattern. he wants to take health care from th...

Of this nation and so the poor peoples campaign, people can go to it, google it, they can go to our website, we have an audit of america after the poor peoples campaign. and we have a moral poverty justice budget. we know where the money is. we found the money. people are lying about you just have to raise taxes. the money is already available. we do not have an in sufficiency of money. we have an in sufficiently of morality. we are saying candidates stop running from poverty, stop racializing i...