Tag: coronavirus pandemic
Iron Workers Local 396 predicts another bustling year of work as...
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
Despite the ongoing pandemic, work was plentiful last year for Iron Workers Local 396 with the number of concurrent large projects, and...
OPINION: Employers use pandemic as job cut shell game
By JOHN RUSSO
Georgetown University
Youngstown, OH (PAI) – I have always been skeptical of the use of labor statistics.
In 2009, I began to write in...
UFCW 88 shifts fundraising for Light the Night
For seven years, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 88 has taken part in the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night fund-raiser at Forest Park...
Lack of factory workers a $1 trillion problem
By THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
Demand for goods is skyrocketing as the U.S. economy continues dealing with the pandemic. But there’s a big problem: American factories...
Tradeswomen Build Nations conference canceled
The Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference, scheduled for Oct 1-3 in New Orleans, has been canceled because of COVID-19 and a hurricane.
In August, North America’s...
Biden’s new vaccine mandates will affect 100 million workers
President Joe Biden recently announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19...
AFT OKs working with schools on vaccination policies
AFT, NEA urge educators, families to get vaccinated as students head back to school
Washington (PAI) – Citing an 84 percent rise in coronavirus-infected children...
U.S. Department of Labor announces funding to help states modernize unemployment...
Funding aims to combat fraud, promote equity, ensure timely benefits
Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a series of actions to...
St. Louis, all Metro-East Labor Day parades canceled amid coronavirus concerns
By SHERI GASSAWAY
Correspondent
The St. Louis Labor Day Parade, an annual tradition celebrating working families and the area’s strong Labor roots, has been canceled for...
YOUR LETTERS: Let’s all get vaccinated
Get vaccinated for yourself, your friends and your family. Add your name saying you got vaccinated, and we’ll send you a sticker. Union-made, obviously!
COVID-19...