According to an article in the Sept. 15 Atlantic, the CEO vs. average worker is more like 949 times greater, not 373 times greater, as the AFL-CIO estimates... Here's the Atlantic article:
Corporate Executives Are Making Way More Money Than Anybody Reports
There are two methods for measuring compensation. One appears everywhere. The other is correct. Read More...
Washington, D.C. (July 26, 2016) – Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement today regarding approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
The men and women of LIUNA applaud the U.S. Read More...
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s choice for his running mate on the Republican ticket, has a long anti-labor record, from denouncing minimum-wage increases to putting his own money into a campaign to cut construction workers’ pay.
“He’s just an anti-worker candidate,” says Indiana AFL-CIO President Brett Voorhies. Read More...
If there is an on-the-job dispute, a good union member reaches first for the contract.
“What does the contract say?” quickly decides what happens when labor and management disagree.
But what if the court says you don’t have to live by the contract?
On March 24, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on two labor questions. Read More...
Maybe everyone is overcomplicating America's economic challenges today. Maybe there are no deep mysteries behind the slow growth, the stagnating incomes and the widespread economic anxieties that have given rise to populist movements on the left and the right.
Maybe the problem is simple: too many workers. Read More...
