Hillary Clinton unveiled a $275-billion federal infrastructure program as part of a shift to a domestic “jobs agenda” in her presidential campaign, according to the New York Times. Clinton’s jobs proposals will be the most detailed and expensive planks in her campaign platform, and the infrastructure plan will stand as its “centerpiece.” Relying on data from the President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, the campaign stressed that each $1 billion in investment would result in 13,000 well-paying jobs.
Customer service and gate agents reached a labor agreement with American Airlines, according to the Dallas Morning News. The five-year agreement between the union and the company raises the pay of nearly 15,000 workers an average of 30%, making them the highest paid agents in the airline industry.
The Supreme Court agreed to expand the oral arguments in Friedrichs by ten minutes, according to the Wall Street Journal. The additional ten minutes will be allotted to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who will argue that agency fees are constitutional. The California solicitor general will also speak for half of the time allotted to the defendant teacher’s union in support of the state’s agency-fee law.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Ford sought to downplay the increase in labor costs resulting from its new contract with the United Auto Workers in a conference call with its executives. The company brass argued that the costs will have minimal effects on Ford’s profitability, projecting that the pay increases will come at a rate lower than inflation and stating that domestic hiring will slow as a result of outsourcing and the use of temp workers.
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October 20
Korean unions oppose labor exemption bill; Portland city workers prepare for strike; UPenn grad student union looks to dismiss university filing
October 19
FDA reverses course on policy prohibiting off-duty union activity; FAA and NATCA reach deal to secure pay increase for air traffic controllers.
October 18
Federal judge again halts cancellation of the Bureau of Prisons’ CBA; tabletop gaming workers face roadblocks in union recognition.
October 16
Department of Labor reduces wage-and-hour enforcement at unionized workplaces; Fain's victory poses question of federal monitor's extension.
October 15
New reporting examines the rollback of child labor protections; California tries to block a strike; NLRB charges Wisconsin mental health provider with firing workers during union drive.
October 14
Eleventh Circuit overturns ERISA exhaustion rule; DHS finalizes removal of automatic renewal for work permits; AFGE challenges SSA over flexible scheduling policy.