Labor relations

Rutgers Program Elevates Women of Color in the Worker Justice Movement

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Kellogg Foundation, today expanded a nationwide initiative to elevate more women and people of colorespecially women of colorto leadership positions in unions, worker centers, and community-based organizations.

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  • Kellogg Foundation, today expanded a nationwide initiative to elevate more women and people of colorespecially women of colorto leadership positions in unions, worker centers, and community-based organizations.
  • With COVID-19 disproportionately impacting Black communities and women workers, we activated the WILL Empower network of women labor leaders, said Sheri Davis, senior program director of Rutgers CIWO and co-director of WILL Empower.
  • They not only shared policies, practices, strategies, and relief language; these same leaders have been on the frontlines pushing the worker justice movement to demand racial justice at every level.
  • Build the Bench breaks down silos in the economic justice movement by convening the leaders of diverse, community-based organizations.

Main messages from the Tripartite Social Summit, Tuesday, 23 June 2020

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

The topic of the Tripartite Social Summit was "Contribution of the Social Partners to relaunching Growth and Employment in the Aftermath of COVID-19". The discussions were structured around the following:Economic and social emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreakExit strategy for deconfinementRecovery Plan proposed by the European Commission, including NextGenerationEUSocial Partners Autonomous Agreement on DigitalisationWe are guided by one key principle: our shared recovery must be everyones recovery.

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  • The topic of the Tripartite Social Summit was "Contribution of the Social Partners to relaunching Growth and Employment in the Aftermath of COVID-19". The discussions were structured around the following:
    • Economic and social emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreak
    • Exit strategy for deconfinement
    • Recovery Plan proposed by the European Commission, including NextGenerationEU
    • Social Partners Autonomous Agreement on Digitalisation
    • We are guided by one key principle: our shared recovery must be everyones recovery.
    • Based on the twin pillars of solidarity and convergence, at the heart of our European project.
    • Together we can re-build a stronger, more social Europe, fit for the green and digital transitions.
    • A well-functioning social dialogue will help us find solutions out of this crisis, while preparing the future.
    • The recovery plan, as well as all emergency measures, must be implemented through proper involvement of trade unions at all levels.
    • The European social partners presented today their new autonomous framework agreement on digitalisation.
    • It is important that the Commission fully respects the autonomy of the social partners.
  • Former College and Pro Football Player Turned Entrepreneur Speaks Out Against 'Fools Gold' of Basic Income in New Book Punting Poverty

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    Thursday, June 18, 2020

    In Punting Poverty: Breaking the Chains of Welfare, Dunn recalls growing up in rural Texas outside Fort Worth in a single-wide trailer dependent upon government assistance programs.

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    • In Punting Poverty: Breaking the Chains of Welfare, Dunn recalls growing up in rural Texas outside Fort Worth in a single-wide trailer dependent upon government assistance programs.
    • "We lived on government support and stayed poor for as long as we relied on those programs.
    • We gamed the system; maintained our eligibility; and survived on the bare minimum that ensures access to every free program possible.
    • "Universal Basic Income would not have done anything more to help move my family out of poverty.

    NLRB Issues Sweeping Complaint against ASARCO for Unfair Labor Practices that Instigated Strike by 2,000 Union Workers

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    Tuesday, June 16, 2020

    Almost 2,000 members of eight international unions have been on strike at five copper mining and processing facilities in Arizona and Texas since Oct. 13, 2019.

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    • Almost 2,000 members of eight international unions have been on strike at five copper mining and processing facilities in Arizona and Texas since Oct. 13, 2019.
    • In the complaint, the NLRB outlines ASARCO management's overall failure to bargain in good faith with the unions representing its employees, both before and during the ongoing dispute.
    • The NLRB's complaint asserts that the strikers are unfair labor practice strikers, who are protected against permanent replacement under existing U.S. labor law.
    • USW District 12 Director Gaylan Prescott said that the unions will continue efforts to engage ASARCO management in good faith negotiations.

    Walsingham and Yang Team up to Promote Basic Income

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    Monday, June 15, 2020

    Yang's campaign focused on Human Capitalism and Universal Basic Income, inspiring a movement to end partisan politics and seek solutions driven by data.

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    • Yang's campaign focused on Human Capitalism and Universal Basic Income, inspiring a movement to end partisan politics and seek solutions driven by data.
    • Walsingham's platform leads with Universal Basic Income which she says will root out poverty and offer the opportunity for Americans to invest in themselves through education and entrepreneurship.
    • Walsingham and Yang contend that basic income will ensure life-long financial stability and opportunity.
    • Walsingham says, "Despite living in the richest country in the world, millions of Americans still can't cover their basic needs."

    Ford Government should immediately repeal Bill 124, after Manitoba Court strikes down similar wage restraint legislation as unconstitutional, says Ontario Federation of Labour

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    Friday, June 12, 2020

    TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions are renewing their call for the Ford government to repeal Ontarios wage control legislation (Bill 124), after a court ruling struck down a similar law in Manitoba.

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    • TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions are renewing their call for the Ford government to repeal Ontarios wage control legislation (Bill 124), after a court ruling struck down a similar law in Manitoba.
    • This court decision found that the Manitoba wage control legislation is a draconian measure that inhibited and dramatically reduced the collective bargaining and associational rights of unionized public sector workers.
    • This is a major victory for working people in Manitoba, and an affirmation that Ontario workers are justified in challenging similar draconian legislation here in Ontario, said Ontario Federation of Labour President Patty Coates.
    • I hope Doug Ford is watching, and if he is smart, he will repeal Bill 124 before the Ontario courts rule against him.

    Statement by the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour

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    Friday, June 12, 2020

    GATINEAU, QC, June 12, 2020 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the Canada Post Corporationand the Canadian Union of Postal Workers:

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    • GATINEAU, QC, June 12, 2020 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the Canada Post Corporationand the Canadian Union of Postal Workers:
      This closes this round of collective bargaining for rural and suburban mail carriers as well as urban operations employees.
    • We hope the new agreements provide the basis for the development of a collaborative working relationship between the parties as they move forward.
    • Ms. MacPherson was appointed in December 2018 to assist the parties in reaching new collective agreements.
    • I would like to thank Ms. MacPherson and the federal mediators for their important work."

    THE NEW NORMAL WILL REQUIRE A TOTAL RESET IN HR PRACTICES AND POLICIES ACCORDING TO HRPA SURVEY

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    Thursday, June 4, 2020

    Toronto, Ontario, June 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA) released the results of its second COVID-19 member survey.

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    • Toronto, Ontario, June 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA) released the results of its second COVID-19 member survey.
    • Workplaces will fundamentally change and the new normal will require a total reset in HR practices and policies.
    • --Relationships within unionized workplaces remain stable: For unionized workplaces (31% of total respondents), only 16% found an increase of grievances.
    • --Work from home is here to stay: 81% of organizations are planning to permanently retain or expand remote working options.

    Four-day work week possible by 2030 without sacrificing income, living standards

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    Wednesday, June 3, 2020

    In light of the COVID lockdown, theres been a lot of talk about a possible four-day work week in Canada, but to achieve a four-day work week where we actually work fewer hours while at the same time maintaining our current living standards, we need to be more productive, said Steven Globerman, a Fraser Institute senior fellow and author of Reducing the Workweek Through Improved Productivity .

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    • In light of the COVID lockdown, theres been a lot of talk about a possible four-day work week in Canada, but to achieve a four-day work week where we actually work fewer hours while at the same time maintaining our current living standards, we need to be more productive, said Steven Globerman, a Fraser Institute senior fellow and author of Reducing the Workweek Through Improved Productivity .
    • The study finds that if worker productivity grew by two per cent per year from 2018 to 2030, Canadians could work four days per weekand not just longer work dayswith no loss of living standards.
    • In fact, with two per cent productivity growth per year, workers would even enjoy an inflation-adjusted cumulative 1.5 per cent increase in income.
    • If governments pursue policies that encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, worker productivity will rise and Canadians will be able to enjoy more leisure time, Globerman said.

    Press release - COVID-19: MEPs debate how to best protect cross-border and seasonal workers

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    Tuesday, May 26, 2020

    Slovakia provide social and long-term care services for the elderly in Austria and other member states.

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    • Slovakia provide social and long-term care services for the elderly in Austria and other member states.
    • The European Commission issued guidelines to ensure that mobile workers within the EU who qualify as critical workers in the fight against COVID-19 can reach their workplace.
    • The European Labour Authority (ELA) ensures that EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination are enforced in a fair and effective way.
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