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The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
The courts were still full of action that impacted the tire business in 2020 despite the challenges of COVID-19.
A years-long legal dispute over labor representation at a Kumho Tire USA Inc. plant in Macon, Ga., apparently came to an end with the counting of disputed ballots that resulted in a narrow victory for union backers.
The company and labor organizers have been at odds since 2017, the year after the $450 million plant opened.
The United Steelworkers (USW) union claimed victory over the summer when contested ballots from a September 2019 vote were opened. Union supporters had a 141-137 lead heading into consideration of 13 contested ballots.
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Prospect Writing Fellow Marcia Brownâs Best of 2020
Mike Haddad
The COVID-19 pandemic has rightly consumed us this year, and the awful carnage that weâve experienced and that still awaits us as the White House remains effectively vacant takes up a lot of airtime. (Nero fiddled while Rome burned, etc.) So many of our stories at the
Prospect have been about how the coronavirus has affected all our lives: how it has made it harder to put food on the table and to make rent; how it has spread like wildfire in prisons and ICE detention centers; how it has crushed state and local budgets, shuttered local businesses, and overwhelmed the health care system; how itâcoupled with the twin epidemic of racismâpushed thousands into the streets; how it has forced reliance on mutual aid networks and forced us to be creative in our relationships; how it has affected the election and how it will shape our country in the future. Yeah, there wa
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As the transition to a Biden administration draws near, what pay equity developments can employers expect under his presidency? An analysis comparing pending federal bill H.R. 7, titled the Paycheck Fairness Act, against state equal pay laws may offer some guidance, particularly in light of the uncertainty surrounding whether the new administration will have a Congress aligned with its policy goals.
Transitions to a new presidency are pivotal times to prepare for and frankly, prognosticate significant changes to the law that may directly impact businesses and the workforce. In the pay equity realm, there are some indications that employers may see a significant shift on the federal level under the Biden administration. Not only was the President-Elect part of the Obama-Biden administration which saw the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 as one of its first legislative products, but the Biden Campaign has pledged to build on that piece of legislation and outward
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The Middle East faces a gathering crisis as a fast-changing natural world intersects with other regional challenges. How should the region and U.S. foreign policy adapt to reckon with this crisis? In a new Century Foundation policy working paper series, “Nature and National Security in the Middle East,” experts from within the region and outside explore the linkages between environment and security in Gaza, Iraq, the Jordan river basin, the Nile river basin, Syria, and Yemen, alongside essays on Middle Eastern environmental activism and the roles of the international community and United States.
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Director Rachel Feldman with Nathan Fillion on the set of The Rookie
From L to R: Luke Wilson, Producer J. Todd Harris, Lane Garrison, and Martin Sheen on the set of 12 Mighty Orphans
A profoundly important feature film will grace our world in the near future. It s a David and Goliath story of a poor tire factory worker who single-handedly changes American law when she discovers that the company has been cheating her of a fair salary for twenty years just because she s a woman. LILLY is a thriller and a family and political drama based on the remarkable life of Lilly Ledbetter, the woman for whom President Obama named the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had backed her cause. Meryl Streep has backed the project.