Today in 1961 President Kennedy asks Congress to approve creation of the Medicare program, financed by an increase in Social Security taxes, to aid 14.2 million Americans aged 65 or older.
• In Hollywood and America, the strike is back • U.S. workers are in a militant mood • Nurses and other health care workers are in revolt • Is a new labor movement brewing? • Once hailed as heroes, health care workers face rash of violence • Mail delays, price hikes are coming at USPS. Here’s why. • 784 misclassified XPO drivers achieve nearly $30M in settlements • Hoffa: End misclassification of port drivers to fix supply chain issues • How the pandemic lockdown & retail walkouts mobilized IATSE members • SS benefits to rise 5.9% in 2022 - highest bump in 40 years • The do’s and don’ts of supporting a strike
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