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Casino.Org News
April 29, 2018
Tribal operators cannot disrupt unionizing on casino properties, said a federal court Thursday, the culmination of a case that pitted the scope of tribal sovereignty head-on against the federal National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Casino Pauma was sanctioned by the National Labor Relations Board forÃâà...
Arkansas Online
April 29, 2018
Since Trump took office, the U.S. economy has added 2.7 million jobs -- an average of 181,000 per month -- while growth was fastest in counties that gave Trump the most votes, according to a Washington Post analysis of U.S. Labor Department data. On Saturday morning, the president previewed hisÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 26, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. appeals court says employees at Native American casinos can receive protection under a federal labor law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Thursday that federal officials reasonably concluded that the National Labor RelationsÃâà...
Vox
April 9, 2018
The Center for American Progress (CAP), one of Washington, DC's most influential liberal think tanks with deep ties to the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton campaign, has just proposed a big idea for raising Americans' wages. A new paper by CAP's David Madland calls for the creation of nationalÃâà...
Daily Mississippian
April 5, 2018
Fifty years ago, in what would be his final speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. looked down from the “mountaintop” to tell a mass meeting in Memphis a simple message: Labor rights are civil rights. The great organizer and orator understood that these two issues were inseparably linked. The March onÃâà...
Center For American Progress
April 5, 2018
This Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release employment data for the month of March, a little more than two weeks after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met with newly appointed Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and voted to raise interest rates for the first time this year.
ValueWalk
April 3, 2018
by Gary D. Halbert. April 3, 2018. 1. Barron's: “The Great Labor Crunch” by Avi Salzman. 2. When Labor Shortages Hit, They Can Last For Years. 3. Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest in 40 Years. 4. Demographics Make Labor Shortage a Near CertaintyÃâà...
Jalopnik
March 31, 2018
The National Labor Relations Board has filed an amended complaint against Tesla, reigniting a fight between the independent government agency and the automaker over alleged workplace violations. Article preview thumbnail Ãâ÷ Government Labor Agency Files Complaint Against Tesla For Worker RightsÃâà...
Law.com
March 13, 2018
A U.S. Labor Department judge raised concerns about the breadth of a Wells Fargo whistleblower settlement, saying the release of claims was too broad. ... A judge at the U.S. Labor Department this month refused to sign off on a settlement between Wells Fargo & Co. and a whistleblower, calling the scopeÃâà...
Business Facilities Magazine
March 13, 2018
Manufacturing companies report the biggest growth in hiring plans, up +7% from Q2 2017, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. March 13, 2018. U.S. Labor Market Tightens, Demand For Skilled Workers Continues. One in five U.S. employers plan to grow their workforce in the three monthsÃâà...
Daily Comet
March 12, 2018
Music from or inspired by James Bond, Adele and "The Lord of the Rings" will be featured as the Nicholls State University bands present the world premiere of Kimberly Archer's “American Labor Songs.” The Nicholls Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,Ãâà...
Freedom Socialist Party
March 3, 2018
Frustrated waiting for the Democrats or Republicans to do something about sky-high rents, gentrification, home foreclosure, healthcare, police brutality, regressive taxes and union-busting? Could a labor party be the solution? While long-standing labor parties exist in Canada, Europe and Australia, whyÃâà...
BloombergQuint
March 3, 2018
(Bloomberg) -- A week ago, thousands of public school teachers in West Virginia went out on strike, a rare but familiar union-organized action to protest low wages and rising health-care costs. Tuesday night, state union leaders and the Governor Jim Justice reached a deal, and the teachers were expectedÃâà...
National Catholic Reporter
February 23, 2018
Wednesday, I shared some of my concerns about the arguments put forth by Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, in an essay he published online at National Review. He criticized the U.S. bishops' conference for filing a brief in support of the unions in the case Janus v. AFSCME.
California Farm Bureau
February 20, 2018
As the immigration debate continues in Washington and Sacramento, agricultural employers find themselves walking a legal tightrope between the two capitals. "It's a different world between the federal and the state," said Peter Nissen, a vineyard manager and farm labor contractor based in Napa County.
The Hill
February 12, 2018
Last week the German metalworkers' union, IG Metall, arguably one of the world's most powerful unions, showed that unions have the power to shape their future workplaces. IG Metall negotiated a precedent-setting collective-bargaining agreement that privileges working conditions over wages. It won itsÃâà...
TheStreet.com
December 31, 1999
Video: Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich Previews Friday's Jobs Report. Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who served under the Clinton Administration, isn't worried about the number of jobs added to the economy. ByScott Gamm. Mar 9, 2018 6:11 AM EST. Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, whoÃâà...
MarketWatch
December 31, 1999
Companies have to pay more for labor as good workers are increasingly hard to find, but they aren't seeing much of an increase in productivity. The numbers: U.S. productivity in the fourth quarter was revised to show no gain instead of a 0.1% decline, the government reported Wednesday. Most of theÃâà...
Center For American Progress
December 31, 1999
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of February. Since the employment recovery began in February 2010, the U.S. economy has added more than 18 million jobs, and the steady tightening of the labor market has finally started toÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
(CNN) As the West Virginia teachers' strike enters its second week, there is a growing sense in progressive circles -- and among organized labor activists -- that what's happening in the Mountain State could mark the beginning of a movement that transcends the current impasse. To start, there are nowÃâà...
CNNMoney
December 31, 1999
Richard Burke is the president and CEO of Envoy, a global immigration and workforce mobility platform that helps employers through the process of hiring foreign talent. The opinions expressed in this article belong to him. We are facing a critical shortage of skilled labor in America. According to the LaborÃâà...
WBUR
December 31, 1999
In 22 states, public workers can be required to pay fees toward the unions that represent them at the bargaining table — even if they don't want to have anything to do with the union. A closely watched case at the Supreme Court could end that. We took it up on the show On Point Wednesday: People likeÃâà...
