In an era of obscene greed, CEO pay has reached levels unheard of in the past as a whopping 19 companies pay their “leaders” over 1,000 times the median pay of their workers. A little over 50 years ago, that pay ratio was a sane 20 to 1. Here are all 19 below: Gap –…
In the age of the Trump steel tariffs, more workers are getting pink slips. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports: “U.S. Steel laid off even more workers Friday in its third round of blood-letting since just November. The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker laid off an unspecified number of non-union employees at its Gary Works mill and the…
Joe Davidson of The Washington Post writes on the push back by the nation’s largest federal workers union – and several senators from both parties – against Presdietn Donald Trump’s new policy on collective bargaining rights for Department of Defense workers: “As President Trump continues battering federal employees, their largest union sent him a rousing…
With love in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought we’d share some proud union moments from the past year that we loved. 1. Teamsters joining in solidarity with striking UAW workers by refusing to deliver GM vehicles Last September, members of the UAW across the country went on strike against GM. The Teamsters…
President Donald Trump continues his frenetic pace of all things anti-union with his latest policy aimed at the Department of Defense. Government Executive reports: “President Trump signed a memo last month that could pave the way for his administration to outlaw collective bargaining by the Defense Department’s 750,000-person civilian workforce. According to a January 29…
Trump’s NLRB is at it again, seeking to overturn laws that protect workers from anti-union employers. Oregon Live reports: “The National Labor Relations Board wants a federal judge to throw out an Oregon law that prohibits employers from disciplining workers who refuse to attend mandatory meetings on politics, religious matters or unions. The board filed…
Social security and Medicare were supposed to be hands-off, according to President Donald Trump. But a new report shows that he will be moving to cut them in his budget proposal. Vox.com reports: “President Donald Trump posted a tweet on Saturday vowing, ‘We will not be touching your Social Security and Medicare in Fiscal 2021…
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has a ‘radical’ idea: pay teachers a minimum salary that recognizes them as the valuable professionals that they are. CNS News reports: “‘If we believe in the future of this country, if we believe in our children, we have got to believe in our educators,’ Sen. Bernie Sanders told a…
With a valuation of almost a trillion dollars, an annual profit over $13 billion, and a CEO who is the richest person in the world, you would assume that Amazon would pay a healthy-sized tax rate. Instead it is barely over 1%, which is a rate far lower than the average working American pays. Yahoo…
Anchor Brewing Company (ABC) has become the latest brewery to recognize the benefits of giving employees good wages and working conditions and a voice on the job. Congrats to the approximately 62 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 6 of Oakland who approved the first union contract in the history of…
