Think that negotiations between MLB owners and players are simply millionaires battling each other? Think again. The Los Angeles Times reports: “But the two sides aren’t equal as a general thing. The minimum major league salary this year is $780,000. That’s a significant advance over 2010, when it was $400,000 (about $616,000 in today’s money) and…
School is back in session! Let’s teach by example that shopping union-made is one of the best ways to support good jobs. Use our list below to make your back-to-school shopping a little easier. Happy shopping from all of us at Labor 411 Folders, Notebooks, and More ACCO brands (CWA) Five Star Reinforced Filler Paper…
A union campaign is underway in women’s college basketball. ESPN reports: “More than 100 women’s college basketball players have joined a unionization campaign with the United College Athletes Association, the organization announced Friday, making them the largest group of college athletes to formally push to collectively bargain with their schools. The group is aiming to…
The following piece from Harold Meyerson originally appeared in The American Prospect. Here are the headlines to four stories that were published last week in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times: “Wall Street Traders Are Having Their Best Year Ever,” in Wednesday’s Journal “U.S. Stocks Rise Within 0.5% of Their Record, Even as…
The US offers some of the best camping in the world. If you are one who loves the outdoors, we have a great list of union-made camping essentials so that you can support good union jobs with every purchase! Happy camping from all of us at Labor 411 S’mores Honey Maid Graham Crackers (BCTGM) Campfire…
President Donald Trump is back to stripping workers of federal protections. NPR reports: “President Trump has issued an executive order turning an estimated 8,000 federal workers into at-will employees, which means the government could fire them without providing any reason. The move culminates an effort Trump launched during his first term to strip vast numbers…
The following piece by Harold Meyerson originally appeared in The American Prospect. Back when they had policies, Republicans were concerned about China. Under the rule of its Communist Party, they said, China was an increasingly totalitarian power that could come to rival America’s global dominance. As was seldom the case when Republicans stated their positions, this…
The following piece by Harold Meyerson originally appeared in The American Prospect. Exactly one year and six days ago, the Prospect posted a piece I’d just written about Colorado’s Jared Polis, under the headline “The Democrats’ One and Only Union-Busting Governor.” As of a couple weeks ago, that headline is no longer accurate. Polis is still a union-buster…
The following piece by Harold Meyerson originally appeared in The American Prospect. For years, both Uber and Lyft have insisted that their drivers are not their employees, but rather, independent contractors who therefore don’t qualify for minimum-wage and other such laws, and who cannot unionize under the terms of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).…