Today in 2010 President Barack Obama signs a $26 billion bill designed to protect 300,000 teachers, police and others from layoffs spurred by budgetary crises in states hard-hit by the Great Recession.
• 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
