Workplace Strikes Surge During Pandemic, Empowering Workers
From today’s Washington Post: Factory workers, nurses and school bus drivers are among the tens of thousands of Americans who walked off jobs in October amid a surge of labor…
Unions Fighting Vax Mandates Endanger Public Health & Economic Recovery
From today’s New York Times: As New York pushes forward with some of the toughest and farthest-reaching vaccine mandates in the nation, thousands of health care workers in the state…
Pres. Biden to require federal workers and contractors to get vaccinated
From today’s New York Times: President Biden on Thursday will sign executive orders requiring the vast majority of federal workers and contractors who do business with the government to get…
Post-COVID, Americans Don’t Want to Return to Lousy Low Wage Jobs
From today’s New York Times: The hopes for a booming pandemic recovery — growth led by jobs gains in the millions every month — were dealt a blow in recent…
Fact Check: Federal law does not prevent states, businesses, employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines
From USA Today: As millions of Americans continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19, some employers, colleges and businesses are weighing whether to make vaccination mandatory. A widely shared claim on social media says those measures are against…
Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines
From today’s New York Times: As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most…
Silicon Valley’s essential workers form new group to fight for work rights
From today’s San Jose Spotlight: A group of six essential workers and labor leaders stood in front of McDonnell Hall in San Jose Wednesday—the same church labor activist Cesar Chavez…
L.A. County approves ‘hero pay’ of $5 an hour for grocery store workers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of grocery store workers in unincorporated Los Angeles County will receive $5 an hour in hazard pay on top of their regular wages as…
San Jose passes mandatory $3-an-hour pay raise for grocery workers
From today’s San Jose Mercury News: Thousands of San Jose grocery store workers will soon receive a $3-an-hour boost on their paychecks, as San Jose became the latest city to…
Op-Ed: The Work-From-Home Employee Bill of Rights Outlined in Seven Articles
From today’s ComputerWorld Online: Remote work became the new normal quickly as COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns came into force in spring 2020, and it’s clear that after the pandemic recedes, remote work…