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December 23, 2013
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

According to the New York Times, the United States has purchased uniforms and other clothing from overseas plants that break local labor laws. The Department of Labor insists that the United States has a “zero tolerance policy” for clothing suppliers who violate local laws. Nevertheless, audits of suppliers and interviews with workers suggest that the […]

December 22, 2013
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Kirsten Bass

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the unions representing the approximately 2,400 workers have reached a new four-year agreement that settles a dispute over paid medical leave for employees. Both parties hope that this will be the final agreement after many months of contentious negotiations. The Associated Press reports […]

December 20, 2013
News & Commentary

Scott Hochberg

The Wall Street Journal reports that David Weil, President Obama’s nominee to head the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour division, won the Senate labor committee’s approval in a party-line vote, “clearing the way for his expected confirmation by the full Senate.” In the Los Angeles Times opinion pages, George Skelton argues that public sector unions […]

December 18, 2013
News & Commentary

Brett M. Kalikow

The Washington Post reports that the National Association of Manufacturers filed a lawsuit challenging the Labor Department’s 2010 rule requiring federal contractors to post notices informing workers of their rights to “organize unions, bargain collectively, and go on strike and picket without retribution by an employer… [as well as] their rights not to join a […]

December 17, 2013
News & Commentary

Jessica Harris

The New York Times’ Teresa Tritch urges President Obama to issue several executive orders that would make it harder for companies with wage and safety violations to obtain federal contracts. Between 2007 and 2012, 49 federal contractors, including Tyson Foods, Verizon Communications, AT&T, Nestle, and Hewlett-Packard, were cited 1,776 times for serious wage and/or safety […]

December 16, 2013
News & Commentary

Max Utzschneider

Joan Walsh in Salon connects America’s “low-wage work swamp” to the Democratic Party’s persistent failure in recent years to supplement its support of public assistance programs with a robust defense of the labor movement. The U.S. now has the highest percentage of low-wage workers in the developed world. A quarter of people who have jobs […]

December 15, 2013
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The Associated Press reports that federal workers’ pensions are being targeted in the new budget deal. For workers hired before 2012, the retirement programs at stake are notably generous compared to the norm in the private industry. Most federal civilian employees hired beginning in January will contribute 4.4% of their pay to pension plans under […]

December 13, 2013
News & Commentary

Sam Heppell

The New York Times profiles stories on unemployed workers, as the emergency federal unemployment-insurance program – which extended benefits by up to 73 weeks beyond state maximums – is set to expire at the end of the month. Meanwhile, the Washington Post highlights the impact the change will have on each state’s maximum weeks of benefit […]

December 12, 2013
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The New York Times reports that JPMorgan Chase plans to unveil a “New Skills at Work” program, focused on filling the skills gaps in some of the largest United States and European job markets, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London. The five-year, $250 million philanthropic initiative will have the company committing $50 million […]

December 11, 2013
News & Commentary

Brad King

Starting things off, the Washington Post has a brief analysis on the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday to dismiss Mulhall as improvidently granted, something we’ve been covering extensively here. In a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe touches on the future of the postal service, the postal workforce, and retiree […]

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