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Organizing & Bargaining |
Nov 9 |
Philadelphia Transit Workers End Strike, and More Bargaining News
More than 5,100 members of the Transport Workers (TWU) ended their strike in Philadelphia this morning, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,200 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
NEGOTIATIONS
TWU, SEPTA: The six-day strike by Philadelphia transit workers is over. Transport Workers (TWU) Local 234 and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) reached a tentative agreement early this morning, in time to get trains and buses running for the morning commute. A ratification vote by TWU’s 5,100 members will be held in the next 10 days.
Legislation & Politics |
May 7 |
Parental Leave Bill for Fed Workers Advances
Federal workers would be allowed four weeks of paid family leave to care for a newborn or adopted child under a bill approved by the full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday.
But the relatively routine markup did have its bizarre, sure-to-be-a-Daily-Show-with-Jon-Stewart moment, when one committee member warned that federal workers might abuse the bill by adopting children year after year to get those four weeks off with pay. More on that below.
Legislation & Politics |
Mar 26 |
House Panel OKs Paid Family Leave for Federal Workers
Federal workers could receive four weeks of paid family leave to care for a newborn or adopted child under a bill approved by a U.S. House subcommittee yesterday. If enacted, the bill also would allow federal workers to use up to eight weeks of accrued paid sick time or annual leave immediately following the first four weeks of parental leave.
Says AFGE President John Gage:
The time has come for the federal government to set the standard for U.S. employers on paid parental leave. The benefits to children and families of four weeks of paid parental leave are enormous and long lasting. This sets an example for private sector employers.
Organizing & Bargaining |
Mar 5 |
Women Worldwide Are Paid Even Less Than We Thought
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In the current global economic crisis when jobs and living standards for millions of workers are threatened, a new report reveals the pay gap between men and women worldwide may be much higher than previously believed. The report, Gender (in)Equality in the Labor Market, puts the global pay gap at up to 22 percent, rather than the official government figure of 16.5 percent reported last year.
The report, released today by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in advance of International Women’s Day, March 8, reaffirms what union members already know: Women who belong to unions earn more than nonunion women and receive better pay relative to their male co-workers. Click here to read the entire report.
Legislation & Politics |
Jan 21 |
Rule Freezes Bush Move on Chemical Safety, Can’t Stop Family Leave Change
Just hours after President Barack Obama took office yesterday, the Obama administration put the brakes on dozens of pending and just-issued rules and regulations the Bush administration tried to ram through at the last minute.
Bad news: The action couldn’t stop changes in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) implemented last week that make it harder for workers to take the leave.
Good news: The move blocked a proposed rule that could lead to increased exposure of workers to dangerous chemicals and toxins by changing the way worker exposure is measured.
Legislation & Politics |
Nov 14 |
New Bush Rules Narrow Family Leave for Workers
As part of its last-minute move to push dozens of pro-business regulations onto the books before it leaves office, the Bush administration today issued new finalized rules for the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that will make it tougher for some 77 million workers to use leave when they need to take care of themselves or family members.
Jocelyn Frye, general counsel for the National Partnership for Women & Families, says the new rules:
Will make it more difficult to take leave when they needed it.
In the States, Legislation & Politics |
Oct 10 |
Working Families United for Change Rally: ‘Labor United Will Never Be Divided!’
Dana Kennedy, communications director for the Arizona AFL-CIO, describes a recent rally in Phoenix where nearly 800 union members highlighted the struggles of working families and their fight to unionize. As Arizona AFL-CIO President Rebekah Friend said: “The Arizona Labor movement is united in making sure that we walk and talk to union members about the candidates that support working family.”
In one of the largest union rallies the state of Arizona has ever seen, more than 800 members from AEA, AFA-CWA, AFGE, AFT, APWU, ARA, ATU, BAC, BLE, BMWE, CWA, IAM, IATSE, IBEW, IBT, Iron Workers, IUEC, IUOE, IUPAT, LIUNA, NALC, NATCA, OPEIU, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, SMWIA, UAW, UMWA, UNITE HERE and USW joined forces to commit to get Sen. Barack Obama and every pro-labor state legislator and congressional candidate elected Nov. 4.
Legislation & Politics |
Sep 3 |
Sick and Fired: U.S. Workers Struggle Without Paid Sick, Parental Leave
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When workers took time off for illness or to care for a sick family member, one in six say they were fired, disciplined or threatened by their employer, according to a new national survey. Also, a new report finds the United States ranks at the bottom of 21 high-income nations in providing parental leave for workers.
The survey, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago, also found that 86 percent of those polled say employers should be required to provide paid sick leave, and more than 80 percent say paid sick leave should be a basic workplace right on par with the minimum wage, overtime laws and other workplace standards.
Legislation & Politics |
Aug 23 |
Public Supports Working Families’ Agenda
The poll released this week by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) not only shows strong public support for the Employee Free Choice Act but shows overwhelming bipartisan backing for such key parts of a working families’ agenda as expanded federal health care coverage for America’s children.
Jefrey Pollock, president of Global Strategy Group, which conducted the poll, says:
Middle-class households feel the crunch of tough economic times—they are pessimistic in their national outlook and troubled by the economy and gas prices. They don’t know what their leaders in Washington are up to on their behalf, but they have definite opinions about what they would like them to be doing.
Legislation & Politics |
Jun 19 |
House Passes Federal Employees Leave Act
Congress took an important first step today toward ensuring paid family leave for federal workers. On a 278–146 vote, the House passed the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act (H.R. 5781), which would give federal workers up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn or a newly adopted child.
If enacted, the bill would guarantee four weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a new child; federal workers also would be able to use up to eight weeks of accrued paid sick time immediately following the first four weeks of parental leave. The bill, introduced in the House by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), now goes to the Senate, where it is being sponsored by Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.).
