October 4th 2022
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In today’s news & commentary, the New York Times profiles a leading Starbucks union organizer, firings at SpaceX raise retaliation concerns, labor shortages at Amazon and construction companies present challenges nationwide, and the Uyghur Forced Labor...
I think it is fair to say that based on President Biden’s first State of the Union (SOTU) address, the state of labor’s interests in the Biden Administration is strong. Even before President Biden entered the House Chamber Tuesday night, Biden sent a signal about...
Part of the current infrastructure bill has a provision that could give competitive advantage to unionized telecom workforces. The bill gives preference to companies with a record of adhering to labor and employment laws for distribution of the $42.5 billion in...
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and United Steelworkers President Tom Conway are kicking off the USW's "We Supply America" bus tour to advocate for the current congressional infrastructure bill. The bus tour partly hopes to highlight the connection between...
After a weekend of sluggish procedural advances, which Fred described on Monday, the Senate finally, after months of grueling bipartisan negotiations, passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion physical infrastructure package, called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...
After a weekend of slow but steady procedural advances, the Senate is expected to pass the long-awaited compromise infrastructure bill early this week. As the New York Times explained Monday morning, the bill’s final passage may be delayed until late Monday...
As restaurants across the country reportedly struggle to fill many of the grueling positions in their sweltering kitchens, conservative lawmakers have descended on the erroneous consensus that the pandemic-era enhanced unemployment insurance payments are the reason...
On Saturday, Politico reported that labor groups are cautioning that the American Jobs Plan, President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which, as Maxwell noted on this blog on Thursday, includes an effort to decarbonize the economy, meaning a transition...
It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband,...
Yesterday, President Trump made his first public appearance in five days, speaking with local workers in Richfield, Ohio. ABC News reports that he publicized his administration’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, expressing openness to a piecemeal approach in...
Last night, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress. In terms of policy goals, President Trump focused on infrastructure spending and immigration reform. President Trump put forth a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to “give us...