Trade union

Worker Expectations Clash with Economic Realities, Payscale’s 2024 Compensation Best Practices Report Reveals

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
HR, Organization, Trade union, Pay scale, Maxima and minima, Bias, Publishing, Artificial intelligence, Software, AI, Gambling, CBPR, Work (human activity), Workforce, Workplace, Legislation

Compensation is considered the biggest challenge facing organizations in 2024, ahead of recruiting, retention, and engagement.

Key Points: 
  • Compensation is considered the biggest challenge facing organizations in 2024, ahead of recruiting, retention, and engagement.
  • SEATTLE, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Payscale Inc. , the leading provider of compensation data, software and services, released its flagship report, the 2024 Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) .
  • “This year’s report tells us that while the economy may be in flux, employee expectations have not swayed.
  • Organizations predict an average base pay increase of 4.5% in 2024, compared to the average of 4.8% actually given last year.

RetireeFirst Achieves HITRUST Risk-Based, 2-year Certification Demonstrating the Highest Level of Information Protection Assurance Alongside Executive Team Expansion, Reinforcing Commitment to Group Plan Sponsors and Retirees

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Ketan, FSA, CIO, Consultant, Health, Certification, Organization, Pressure, Growth, Face, EVP, CFO, Box, Stevie Awards, HITRUST, Risk, Salesforce, UnitedHealth Group, Sale, Commercial, Public sector, Trade union, Senior, Advocacy, CHRO, HRA, HSA, Medicare, Privacy, Customer service, Management

This achievement places RetireeFirst in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification.

Key Points: 
  • This achievement places RetireeFirst in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification.
  • “Organizations like ours are continually under pressure to address current and emerging threats and meet complex compliance, information protection, and privacy requirements.
  • RetireeFirst has a proven track record of excellence, having received the first HITRUST certification in 2019 and maintaining continuous certification since then,” said Mike Yoo, CIO at RetireeFirst .
  • The strategic hires further advance the company’s ongoing commitment to group plan sponsors and their retirees, and bring decades of combined industry experience and expertise to RetireeFirst.

Unifor encourages all-party support for NS NDP anti-scab legislation

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Social justice, Commons, Columbia, Strike, Canadian National Railway, Trade union, Private sector, House, MLA, Unifor, Safety, Workplace, NDP, NS, Legislation

"Anti-scab legislation is about leveling the playing field and upholding workers' Constitutional rights," said Unifor National President Lana Payne.

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  • "Anti-scab legislation is about leveling the playing field and upholding workers' Constitutional rights," said Unifor National President Lana Payne.
  • "Unifor is calling on Premier Tim Houston and every sitting MLA to vote to support amendments to the Trade Union Act to protect striking workers so situations like the one at CN Autoport can't happen again."
  • Unifor members rallied outside the Nova Scotia Legislature this morning, alongside members from other unions, to call for all-party support for the NDP legislation.
  • Unifor is advocating for every jurisdiction across Canada to pass anti-scab legislation to restore workers' Constitutionally-protected right to strike.

Why TSMC's Japan experience is good for its German fab: Q&A with DIGITIMES advisor Albert Lin

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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Online, Ecology, CMOS, TSMC, Sony, Supervisory board, Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Research, Culture, Samsung, Silicon, Government, Trade union, IC, DRAM, Knowledge, Angstrom, TSV, National Central University, Laboratory, Hitachi, Information technology, Learning, Partnership, Semiconductor

DIGITIMES Asia talked to Albert Lin, an advisor to DIGITIMES Inc., on how TSMC can leverage its experiences in Japan to its other overseas ventures, including the Dresden fab that will start construction in the fourth quarter this year.

Key Points: 
  • DIGITIMES Asia talked to Albert Lin, an advisor to DIGITIMES Inc., on how TSMC can leverage its experiences in Japan to its other overseas ventures, including the Dresden fab that will start construction in the fourth quarter this year.
  • But for audiences unfamiliar with the semiconductor industry, could you explain why TSMC's investment in Japan is important to the country?
  • TSMC's investment will fill the gap in advanced-process manufacturing and facilitate the change of ecology of the whole Japan semiconductor industry, including IC design.
  • Q2: Some argued that the Japanese government should not subsidize TSMC 's second fab in Japan, which may produce advanced chips below 7nm.

Java Blend illegally terminated Union supporters, according to legal complaint filed by SEIU Local 2

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Union, Trade union, John F. Ring, Employment, Coffee, Coffee roasting, Blend, Trade Union Act, Workplace, Workforce, Nursing

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.

Key Points: 
  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.
  • The employer’s conduct has all the hallmarks of an orchestrated campaign of retaliation aimed at crushing workers’ rights, according to the complaint.
  • The Unfair Labour Practice, filed this morning at the NS Labour Board reads:
    “…by terminating union organizers in retaliation for organizing a union in their workplace.
  • “However, our silence is not for sale.”
    According to the legal complaint, this also violated the Trade Union Act.

Florida AFL-CIO Grants Dr. Barbara Sharief Prestigious Statewide Early Endorsement

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
NCFO, Social media, IUPA, IDS, OPEIU, LIUNA, Master, Painting, IBEW, NABET, NFLPA, UWUA, Florida Senate, Theatre, BLET, IUPAT, Senate, Letter, Jackson Memorial Hospital, RWDSU, Firefighter, AFSCME, Teacher, IAFF, Human, Democratic Party, Democrat, UNITE, Multimedia, UFCW, Television, Interview, Trade union, AFGE, NALC, Conference, AWIU, Machinist, Boilermaker

This endorsement is a testament to Dr. Sharief's unwavering commitment to championing the rights and interests of Florida's workforce.

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  • This endorsement is a testament to Dr. Sharief's unwavering commitment to championing the rights and interests of Florida's workforce.
  • As a union member herself (while working as a nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital), Barbara knows how important Labor Unions are to everyday workers in Florida.
  • "I am honored to receive the EARLY endorsement of the Florida AFL-CIO," said Dr. Barbara Sharief.
  • With the Teachers and the Statewide AFL-CIO aboard her campaign, Dr. Sharief said " The outpouring of support has left me truly humbled.

VASS wins a contract to run the European Employment Services (EURES) Helpdesk

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Monday, January 15, 2024
EURES, European, EEA, Civil service commission, European Commission, Trade union, ELA, VASS, European Economic Area, Organization, Education

MADRID, Jan. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VASS , a leading digital solutions company, announces has been awarded the contract for running the European Employment Services (EURES) Helpdesk for the fourth time in a row.

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  • MADRID, Jan. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- VASS , a leading digital solutions company, announces has been awarded the contract for running the European Employment Services (EURES) Helpdesk for the fourth time in a row.
  • EURES is a cooperation network formed by public employment services, partnering with national Trade Unions and employers' organizations.
  • It is also supported by the European Commission and the European Labour Authority (ELA).
  • Over the next four years, VASS will run the EURES Helpdesk, expecting contact with over 60,000 people – the number of users during the last contract.

$3B Advisor Firm Mammini Company Shifts to Commonwealth for Next Wave of Growth

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Banking, Asset Management, Professional Services, Finance, Ivo Mammini, Engineering, Organization, Investment, Shoulder, Heart, Commonwealth Financial Network, Sheet metal, Growth, Securities research, Trade union, Commonwealth, Financial adviser

Commonwealth Financial Network®, a national firm dedicated to providing financial advisors with holistic, integrated business solutions, announces that Mammini Company, a former Lincoln Investments firm from San Diego, California, has joined its network of affiliated advisors.

Key Points: 
  • Commonwealth Financial Network®, a national firm dedicated to providing financial advisors with holistic, integrated business solutions, announces that Mammini Company, a former Lincoln Investments firm from San Diego, California, has joined its network of affiliated advisors.
  • With nearly $3 billion in client assets, Mammini is built to last and is poised for its next wave of growth.
  • Owner and president Mike Mammini, CFP®, CIMA®, AIF®, is one of four advisors, including son Mitch Mammini, CFA®, on the staff of eight.
  • Mammini grounds its relationships with clients—especially labor unions and corporate retirement plan sponsors—in the shared value of craftsmanship and integrity.

New Video Celebrates the Achievements of Labor

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Labour, Trade union, Entertainment

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sept. 9, 2023, New York's labor unions arrived in full force for the city's annual Labor Day Parade. The parade is a longstanding tradition that celebrates what America's many union workers have achieved in their quest for just wages, fair benefits and improved working conditions.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sept. 9, 2023, New York's labor unions arrived in full force for the city's annual Labor Day Parade.
  • Leaders from MagnaCare, a third-party administrator with a long history of serving the benefits needs of organized labor groups, joins the AFL-CIO New York City Central Labor Council organized parade every year.
  • "As a partner to organized labor for more than 30 years, every year my team proudly supports our clients that are marching in New York's annual Labor Day Parade.
  • "Labor unions have accomplished so much over the years," said Zettergren, "and the NYC annual Labor Day Parade is a reminder of how much labor has positively benefitted our society."

RESILINC RELEASES LIST OF TOP SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS AND INDUSTRIES IMPACTED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2023

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Trade union, Meta, Starbucks, PayPal, COVID-19, Mergers & Acquisitions, EMA, Corporation, Artificial intelligence, Mergers and acquisitions, Acceleration, AI, FDA, News, Social media, Video game, Amazon

Labor disruptions are also substantially higher this year -- up an astounding 136%.

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  • Labor disruptions are also substantially higher this year -- up an astounding 136%.
  • Factory disruptions, including shutdowns, production halts, warnings/citations, and labor accidents, increased by 30% year-over-year.
  • FDA/EMA/OSHA Action saw an 82% jump, while recalls surged by 66% compared to the first half of 2022.
  • Factory fires, although still the leading supply chain disruption with 1,642 notifications in the first half of 2023, experienced a nearly 20% decline year-over-year.