Today in 1940 The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act, signed by President Roosevelt two years earlier. ~ Labor Tribune
• Top 22 unions dominating American workforces • The AFT is teaching doctors to unionize • Labor and culture: Beyond Jimmy Hoffa movies • Number of job openings has declined in every state • Teamsters’ O’Brien lands speaking slot at GOP convention • NLRB testing out a new tool to stop union busting • Amazon fined $5.9M for breaking labor law in California • American Trucking Associations against reclassifying marijuana • UNITE HERE elects first woman as president in its 130-year history • What is a union? Are ‘worker centers’ labor organizations? • Report finds pandemic didn’t cause CDL testing delays • Construction workers are dying by suicide at an alarming rate • US Supreme Court ruling curbing agency powers could hobble Labor Board
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Nov. 3 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Nov. 17 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!
