Tag: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Strike activity hits 35-year high
‘Trump’s economy is not a workers’ economy, and workers know solidarity is the best way to fight back.’
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Despite President Donald Trump’s frequent...
With workers under attack, union membership in Missouri grew by 46,000...
By TIM ROWDEN
Editor
Union density nationwide dropped to 10.3 percent last year, and Illinois union membership dropped slightly from 13.8 to 13.6, but union membership...
Missouri bucks national trend, adds 46,000 union members – a 15-year...
BY TIM ROWDEN
Editor
“Right-to-work,” minimum wage and the 1% not knowing when to say enough is enough when it comes to squeezing workers is paying...
2019 ends with solid job gains, tepid wage growth
The U.S. finished 2019 with a 3.5 percent unemployment rate in December – unchanged from November, and down 0.4 percent from December 2018, the...
U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in November, but that number...
Washington (PAI) — The U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Businesses claimed to create 254,000 new...
Missouri leads public sector union membership growth
Overall union membership in U.S. falls to 10.5 percent
Union membership fell by two percentage points between 2017 and 2018 to 10.5 percent of workers,...
CAUTION: RTW states are less family safe
One in four of the top 25 ‘worst’ states for overall safety are RTW
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
Safety is something we want to take for granted....
Working while sick: If you get sick in a RTW state,...
Union contracts’ paid sick days keep workers healthier while non-union workers will work while ill to protect pay – but risk infecting others
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
You’ve...
Missouri created more jobs last year than all our ‘right-to-work’ neighbors
This is not a message getting through to Gov. Greitens
By ED FINKELSTEIN
Publisher
If Governor Eric Greitens wanted more proof that “right-to-work” has little impact on...
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