LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Top Stories: What is a Minimum Standards Council? Freelancers sue the DOL; Pensions paid to dead people; CNOs on nursing strikes; Unionists strategize on Organizing the South & more...
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NYT: How to Protect Millions of Workers Without a Union
In this video, Jeff Seal, a video journalist and comedian, argues for the wider use of an industry mechanism known as a minimum standards council to strengthen the labor movement and empower workers. Watch here…
Freelancers sue Department of Labor over vague, new contracting rule
Today, the founders of Fight For Freelancers, a coalition of more than 2,500 freelancers in professions ranging from writing to truck driving, filed a lawsuit challenging a new Department of Labor rule that encourages businesses to classify contractors as employees. Read more…
House probe starts after $127M in bailout funds paid to dead Teamsters’ pension plan
The Biden administration is facing a new congressional probe after an agency that distributed tens of billions of dollars from the American Rescue Plan failed to stop $127 million from going to deceased participants in a Teamsters’ pension fund. Read more…
Nurses on Strike: How CNOs Can Meet in the Middle
Two leaders share their insights and strategies to help CNOs work together with staff and problem solve. Read more…
At MLK conference, unionists strategize on organizing the South
Unionists at the AFL-CIO’s annual Martin Luther King conference, held January 12-14 in Montgomery, Ala., tackled what one panelist called a decades-long problem for the labor movement: Organizing the South. Read more…