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Some claims from unions are feasible, while others are misleading. Here's the reality.
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As this blog recently noted, the issue of “hazard pay” is drawing increasing attention. Originally confined to the west coast, proposed legislation around hazard pay has now spread to additional jurisdictions such as Illinois and Massachusetts.
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President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan has entered into the markup phase of the legislation process. This week, House committees will debate and make edits to their respective proposals of the package. The House Ways and Means proposal accounts for half of the total price tag and addresses unemployment insurance extensions.
Today, Senate HELP Chair Patty Murray and House Education and Labor Chair Bobby Scott (D-Va.) reintroduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). The legislation, which claims to be pro-worker, would force employees to pay union dues regardless of whether they support a union, threaten private ballots in union elections, and strip workers of their independent contractor classification. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Senior Vice President of the Employment Policy Division, Glenn Spencer, issued the following statement after today's reintroduction...
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the one year mark and we continue to see a K-shaped recovery, the issue of “hazard pay” for individuals in certain industries has been a topic of ongoing discussion. When first proposed in the HEROES Act last year, Democrats in Congress included federal funds to provide hazard pay. The HEROES Act ultimately did not pass. Now, however, some lo
On January 22, President Biden signed Executive Order 14002, Economic Relief Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The EO does not explicitly call for unemployment insurance (UI) payments.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on January 22 released its annual estimate of union membership in the United States. This year’s report showed that union membership rose from 10.3 percent to 10.8 percent of the total workforce in 2020, reversing previous declines of 0.2 percentage points from the prior two years.
