Today in 1993 The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) took effect today. The first law signed by President Clinton, it allows many workers time off each year due to serious health conditions or to care for a family member.
• Teamsters hail passage of Moving Forward Act • Covid-19 news updates for July 7, 2020 • Coast-to-coast rallies demand: Keep UPSP viable • Getting Americans back to work and good jobs • When essential workers earn less than the jobless • Baltimore City to provide rental relief • ‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions • New NAFTA will ensure safer roadways, increased rights for workers • July 15 is Tax Day and the IRS isn’t pushing it back any further • U.S. Treasury to acquire 30% of YRCW in exchange for $700m loan • USPS only org. forced to pre-pay for health benefits decades into the future • “The Killing Floor”: A historical drama of racial conflict and the labor movement