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11/29/2020

Biden expected to usher in an era of worker-friendly labor policies

Among the most immediate changes will be new leadership at the National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor, the latter of which is currently helmed by Eugene Scalia, a former corporate attorney who has been criticized by labor leaders for siding with industry over employees.

The Trump administration’s pro-business approach is likely to get a pro-worker overhaul under President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to push to make it easier to unionize and hold employers accountable for working conditions.

11/27/2020

Amazon Workers to Stage Coordinated Black Friday Protests in 15 Countries

The day of global action comes on the heels of a report published by Motherboard revealing Amazon's obsessive surveillance of workers, labor unions, and environmental and social movements, particularly between Black Friday and Christmas.

The day of action includes strikes and protests from garment manufacturers in Bangladesh to call center workers in the Philippines to warehouse workers in the U.S., Europe, and Mexico.

11/26/2020

Union Power After the Election | Dissent Magazine

Labor leaders have convinced themselves, over these many fallow years, that “access” is power.

The development of a social democratic faction in the Democratic Party has given labor a chance to punch above its weight. But access alone isn't power.

11/26/2020

What Organized Labor Wants From Biden

Will Biden"s emphasis on bipartisanship and moderate politics conflict with hid progressive promises, including those he made to labor?

After years of fiery activism, unions won’t be satisfied with returning to the pre-Trump status quo.

11/25/2020

Niles Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Employees On Strike | Journal & Topics Media Group

Workers are calling for a $2 base wage increase, an increase in starting pay for certified nursing assistants to $15.50 per hour, other starting pay increases for other positions, $10 an hour in additional COVID-19 hazard pay, and pay equity at locations across the state, whether in or out of the city of Chicago.

An estimated 125 unionized workers at the Niles Nursing & Rehabilitation Center joined 700 workers at 11 nursing home sites in Illinois and Indiana walking off the job Monday in a strike against t

11/25/2020

Diversity Lacking as AFL-CIO Unions Mull Labor Chief Choices (1)

Biden is a staunch advocate of unions, whose leaders are quick to point out that a union official hasn’t been tapped to run the U.S. Labor Department since President Richard Nixon’s ill-fated second term.

The country’s largest labor federation has told its member unions that four possible contenders for labor secretary are drawing support within the ranks, an emerging political fault line for President-elect Joe Biden to navigate.

11/24/2020

Union Bosses Sink Bernie Sanders as Labor Secretary

Sources close to organized labor said union leaders feared that Sanders, as secretary of labor, would push a far-left agenda that would lead to a clash with Biden and his ouster from the administration.

Two weeks after Newsmax reported Bernie Sanders very much wanted to be secretary of labor in a Biden administration, sources close to organized labor and Biden himself now say the Vermont senator and...

11/24/2020

Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups

The documents show Amazon analysts closely monitor the labor and union-organizing activity of their workers throughout Europe, as well as environmentalist and social justice groups on Facebook and Instagram.

Leaked documents reveal Amazon's reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and social movements.

11/19/2020

'Joe's a blue-collar guy': After years of declining power, union leaders look to Biden

At the top of labor's wish list is the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a sweeping overhaul of labor laws that passed the Democratic-controlled House this year.

Organized labor believes it has a friend coming to the White House. Here's what's on the agenda.

11/19/2020

‘There’s a war on organizing, collective bargaining, unions and workers’: Biden wants to undo Trump executive orders on federal workers

In May 2018, President Donald Trump signed executive orders mandating stricter deadlines and procedures when federal workers collectively negotiated new contracts, curbing on-the-clock time for union duties as well as giving some under-performing workers tight time frames to boost their performance

Federal unions challenged three Trump administration orders in particular.

11/18/2020

Biden Adds 27 Union Leaders to Transition Team

A good start to a promise to strengthen Union's participation in the government.

15 Agency Review Teams include union officials

11/18/2020

Unions disagree over Biden's Labor secretary pick

The early division over potential candidates could make it difficult for Biden to choose someone who would win support from all sides of the labor movement.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and some of his organization’s largest affiliate unions are getting behind Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. But others are pushing Rep. Andy Levin.

11/15/2020

Global unions welcome next step in binding treaty process to end corporate impunity

Unions welcomed the strengthening of the gender dimension throughout the text and the inclusion of a provision that explicitly required states to ensure that any existing or new trade and investment agreements were compatible with the human rights obligations under the Binding Treaty.

The global unions have welcomed the next step in the process of agreeing a binding United Nations (UN) treaty on business and human rights, despite difficult negotiations at the UN in Geneva. The intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respec...

11/14/2020

Several killed and 180,000 evacuated as Typhoon Vamco hits the Philippines

"These non-stop storms are slamming our communities during a deadly pandemic, making this one of the most complicated disaster responses ever," Richard Gordon, Philippine Red Cross chairman, said in a statement.

At least six people have died and 10 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines on Wednesday night, according to a report by CNN affiliate CNN Philippines.

11/14/2020

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11/12/2020

Major floods in Manila as typhoon batters Philippines

Nearly three million households in and around Manila were without power as people waded through waist-high floods, carrying valuables and pets. While tens of thousands of homes in low-lying suburbs were submerged by the floods, prompting residents to scramble onto rooftops awaiting rescue.

The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila on Thursday, trapping people on rooftops and claiming at least two lives in another part of the country.

11/12/2020

After supertypoon Goni devastated the Philippines just week ago, Vamco brought yet another calamitous disaster to the country putting Southern and Northern Luzon including the Capital Region underwater with worst floods in years.

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11/11/2020

Plan to Strengthen Organized Labor and Collective Bargaining | Joe Biden

Will the Biden administration fulfill this plan that for critics seem extreme and outrageous.

Strong unions built the American middle class. That's why Joe Biden has an extensive plan for strengthening organized labor and collective bargaining.

11/10/2020

Statement of Fil-Ams for Biden/Harris on Democratic victory

Historically, campaigns have overlooked Filipino, Asian, Pacific Islander, disenfranchised, new immigrants, young voters of color, and mono and bilingual voters.

ilipino Americans can say with pride and satisfaction that they played a real part in the Biden victory.

11/09/2020

Biden/Harris 2020

Biden/Harris 2020

Our Union is a little more perfect today!

11/08/2020

Biden's Victory Means Workers Once Again Have a Seat at the Table

"This is a historic day for working people. Not only has our members' work to oust an anti-worker president come to fruition, but working people now have someone in the White House who will strive to protect America's working families, not just the wealthy and powerful, and help bring our nation back together to heal after four years of divisiveness," said OPEIU President Richard Lanigan

/PRNewswire/ -- Joe Biden's election victory is a victory for working families throughout this country, bringing with it a renewed sense of optimism that they...

11/08/2020

How the World is Reacting to Joe Biden's Election Win

In his victory speech on Saturday night, Biden referenced the international impact his election would likely have, as he seeks to change course from much of Trump’s foreign policy agenda. “Tonight, the whole world is watching America,” he said. “I believe at our best America is a beacon for the globe.”

Biden won more votes than any Presidential candidate in U.S. history

11/08/2020

US election 2020: Agony and ecstasy as Americans react to Biden's win

From New York to Los Angeles, news of the result was met with cheers, honking and dancing as supporters of Mr Biden flooded the streets.

Cheers, honking and dancing erupt in major cities, as the nation comes to terms with the result.

11/08/2020

Congratulation to the new First Lady

V̷I̷C̷E̷ PRESIDENT BIDEN

Jill Biden, wife of US President-elect Joe Biden, celebrated her husband's victory in the #Elections2020 by sharing a photo of the couple holding a sign with her hand covering the word "vice."

Jill previously served as second lady when Joe was vice president under Barack Obama from 2008 to 2016. She holds a Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Delaware, and has received two master's degrees—Education and English.

📷: Dr. Jill Biden

11/07/2020

AFL-CIO

AFL-CIO

Together, we can ensure America’s democratic process will once again work in an orderly fashion.

11/07/2020

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

🗳 Nevadans voted in record numbers—by mail and in-person—to select the next president and vice president of the United States.

🗽Since the United States was founded, working people have struggled to make our nation a democracy, and America’s working people are determined to defend it.

The votes will be counted and the voters will decide in the end. #CountEveryVote

#TakeBack2020 #DemocracyRising

11/06/2020

Communications Workers of America

This has been an election like no other. We must be patient and make sure that every eligible ballot is counted accurately, just as we do each election cycle.

Read more from CWA President Chris Shelton: https://cwa-union.org/news/releases/cwa-president-chris-sheltons-statement-on-election-results-count-every-vote

11/06/2020

A labor movement look at the 2020 election results | nwLaborPress

A labor movement look at the 2020 election results | nwLaborPress

How labor-backed candidates and ballot measures fared locally and nationwide.

11/05/2020

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

🗳 Americans across race, place of origin, and zip code turned out in record numbers to stand with and for each other, despite the pandemic and deliberate barriers from day-long lines to eliminated drop boxes.

Voters overwhelmingly chose Joe Biden to move forward together toward a better future.

🗽 There are tens of millions of votes left to count. Local election administrators are hard at work counting them now, and every hour that goes by is emphasizing the voters’ decisive choice. It’s taken decades of organizing, marching, and striking to win good pay, benefits, and dignity on the job. We can wait for accurate Nevada results.

☑️ The will of the people is clear: We have chosen new leaders, and we will demand every vote is counted and swear in a government of, by, and for the people. We will take back our country and elect Joe Biden.

11/04/2020

US election 2020 live results: Donald Trump takes on Joe Biden in race for White House

US election 2020 live results: Donald Trump takes on Joe Biden in race for White House

Can Donald Trump defy the polls for a second time and beat challenger Joe Biden in his bid to win the 2020 US presidential election?

11/03/2020

Labor leaders propose a general strike if Trump loses but does not accept the results

Historically, mass strikes have been effective means of forcing political outcomes; such labor actions can effectively shut down all economic activity, crippling business and factory owners who rely on their workers' labor in order to profit across all sectors.

The United States has never had a nationwide general strike. Here's what that would look like

11/02/2020

Election at Hand, Biden Leads Trump in Four Key States, Poll Shows

Mr. Biden’s performance across the electoral map appears to put him in a stronger position heading into Election Day than any presidential candidate since at least 2008, when in the midst of a global economic crisis Barack Obama captured the White House with 365 Electoral College votes and Mr. Biden at his side.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads President Trump in Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona and, by a wide margin, in Wisconsin, according to a Times/Siena College poll.

11/01/2020

Balitang America

Balitang America

With the Nov. 3 election just around the corner, Filipino American voters in Washington DC sound off about their election concerns, including worries over potential unrest on Election Day itself. Don Tagala reports.

11/01/2020

2020 Election Live Updates: Pennsylvania Is Focus of Both Campaigns in Final Push

With just two days until election, all eyes are on Pennsylvania

A Republican lawsuit seeks to invalidate more than 120,000 votes in Houston. A highly respected poll of Iowa found a late shift toward President Trump, in an echo of 2016.

10/31/2020

Trump and Biden hit the Midwest as Texas shatters early voter turnout records

The final weekend before election

Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris will be in the battleground states in the West.