Workers’ Memorial Day Honors the Fallen Whose Numbers Increased in 2021
The rate of workplace injuries and deaths in the United States is atrocious and getting worse. On average 275 workers in this country lose their lives daily from hazardous working conditions. Last year, 5,333 workers were killed on the job and another 95,000 died from...
Worker Dissatisfaction Rise with Remote Jobs and Unequal Rewards
Few workers have Department of Labor Wage and Hour posters in their home office, aka the kitchen or garage for many. Maybe that’s why so many employers can expect, even demand, workers to be on call and productive for many unpaid hours. Remote employees sometimes feel...
Globalization and Its Woes
The downside of globalization has long been apparent: diminished industrial capacity, job losses and service industry disruptions are major examples. Foreign-made goods from autos to tee shirts and services from call centers to medical testing would be better sourced...
Labor Day
On Labor Day, Look for the Union Label. It's Everywhere. Labor Day is particularly significant this year for the Labor Movement. We saw the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and the election of his replacement, Liz Shuler, who is the first woman to serve at...
A Redesigned Do Buy List Loaded with Information
ULSTD President Rich Kline We are announcing a new database of union made products, union provided service and information ranging from collective bargaining agreements and links to union on sites and other union material. Call it a new and improved Do Buy List....
Biden’s Agenda Threatened By Republican Tactics
President Biden is initiating a unique program of policies meant to better the lives of working people. He is the most pro-union American president in many decades. He is progressive on climate change and rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, determined to make the...
I’m Not a Robot, I’m a Union Member
Many of us have had to prove we are humans not robots when using the Internet. We dutifully pick out the crosswalks or bicycles or streetlights, and we gain access to the website. ULSTD President Rich Kline But for some people, those who work for Amazon in its vast...
President Biden’s Buy American Plan A Comprehensive Stimulus Program
ULSTD President Rich Kline Within days of taking office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to Buy American and thereby bolster U.S. manufacturing and service industries. That action constitutes a long-term stimulus of immense...
Prop. 22, COVID and the Future of Work
California voters passed Proposition 22 on Election Day. The measure was heavily backed by Uber, Lyft and similar gig-based work platform corporations, which invested $205 million to swamp the state in advertising and misinformation. ULSTD President Rich Kline...
Malice Toward None
Richard Kline, UL&STD President These are very tough times. Is there any need to recite the difficulties facing America. A pandemic response that has been bungled by the Trump administration. Racial inequities that have been exacerbated by the Trump...
