LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024
Top Stories: Ben & Jerry's workers ratify contract; EPI on pro-worker policies; Preparing for Trump immigration crackdowns; Union alarmed at cameras on campus & dozens more articles...
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If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915
Here are today’s Top Stories…
Ben & Jerry workers in Vermont ratify first union contract
Hundreds of Ben & Jerry's employees at two Vermont production facilities have ratified their first union contract, according to an announcement made on Tuesday.
EPI: The policies that will determine whether Trump’s labor secretary pick supports workers
President-elect Donald Trump recently announced his nomination of Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Secretary of Labor…. Chavez-DeRemer has stated that “working-class Americans finally have a lifeline” with President-elect Trump in the White House. If workers truly have an ally in Chavez-DeRemer, she will advance policies that improve workers’ lives.
Preparing for Immigration Changes Under the Trump Administration
Employers need to be aware of anticipated changes to immigration policy under the new Trump administration and be prepared for the impact those changes may have on their workforce.
‘Imposing’ cameras near former Johns Hopkins encampment alarms union
Despite assurances from campus officials, advocates fear the cameras and changes to protest policies will create a ‘chilling’ effect on free speech
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