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Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Read full article: Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unionsTop Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday.
Biden signs 'common sense' order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages
Read full article: Biden signs 'common sense' order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wagesPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order for federal grants that would prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs.
Biden administration goes bigger on funding apprenticeships, hoping to draw contrast with GOP
Read full article: Biden administration goes bigger on funding apprenticeships, hoping to draw contrast with GOPThe Biden administration says it’s providing $244 million to expand and update the federal government’s registered apprenticeship program.
US miners' union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an 'attack' on workers
Read full article: US miners' union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an 'attack' on workersThe head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust.
Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule
Read full article: Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new ruleTemporary farmworkers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses.
U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unions
Read full article: U.S. labor secretary says UAW win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant shows southern workers back unionsActing U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su says workers at southern auto plants should be free to unionize without employer or political interference, even as some southern states pass new laws meant to inhibit organized labor.
Biden administration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workers
Read full article: Biden administration finalizes rule to grant overtime for millions more salaried workersThe Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility in decades.
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
Read full article: Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protectionsThe Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as “black lung” disease.
Biden renominates Julie Su for labor secretary after Senate declined to confirm her for ten months
Read full article: Biden renominates Julie Su for labor secretary after Senate declined to confirm her for ten monthsThe White House says that President Joe Biden has renominated Julie Su to serve as labor secretary, whose confirmation languished in the Senate for more than 10 months.
Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike
Read full article: Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strikeUnions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels.
United Auto Workers threaten to expand targeted strike if there is no substantive progress by Friday
Read full article: United Auto Workers threaten to expand targeted strike if there is no substantive progress by FridayThe United Auto Workers union is preparing to expand its strike against Detroit’s Big Three unless it sees progress in contract negotiations.
Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule
Read full article: Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration ruleThe Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era policy effort that was ultimately scuttled in court.
Biden hopes Su's role in dockworker deal can sway Democratic holdouts to confirm her as labor chief
Read full article: Biden hopes Su's role in dockworker deal can sway Democratic holdouts to confirm her as labor chiefThe White House is hoping that Julie Su’s role in brokering a deal between West Coast dockworkers and shippers will provide fresh momentum for the Senate to act on her long-stalled nomination to be labor secretary.
West Coast dockworkers, shippers reach tentative contract agreement
Read full article: West Coast dockworkers, shippers reach tentative contract agreementThe union for thousands of West Coast dockworkers has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract after more than a year of negotiations and several work disruptions that snarled shipping traffic at some of the largest ports.
Biden says Labor nominee Julie Su represents American dream
Read full article: Biden says Labor nominee Julie Su represents American dreamPresident Joe Biden says his labor secretary nominee, Julie Su, is a “real leader” who has supported unions, enforced worker safety and protected the victims of human trafficking.
California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds
Read full article: California: Criminal rings loot billions in jobless funds(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)LOS ANGELES – Sophisticated hackers, identity thieves and overseas criminal rings stole over $11 billion in unemployment benefits from California last year, but the extent of the fraud might grow far larger: billions more in payments are under investigation. The program was approved by Congress to provide unemployment benefits to people during the coronavirus pandemic who are usually ineligible to receive them, such as independent contractors. Prosecutors around the state have been targeting unemployment benefits fraud in recent months. He also announced the prosecution of eight people, including six state prisoners, involved in two other unemployment fraud schemes. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, all Democrats, urged President Joe Biden to create a federal task force to help states deter organized criminal fraud in jobless claims.