The conflict between UPS Corporate and UPS workers who are members of the Teamsters Union has been in the spotlight for the last few weeks as tensions continued to rise with no relief in sight, ultimately prompting the Teamsters to greenlight the use of a strike in the event that corporate did not come to…
Author: Joe Harrison
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NLRB Confirms Warrior Met Broke the Law – So What?
The historic nearly two-year coal miner strike that took place in Brookwood, Alabama, between 2021 and 2023 may be in the “rearview mirror,” but the overall fight between the company and its workers is far from over, with Warrior Met engaging in retaliatory actions against targeted workers who were involved in the strike, even after…
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Breaking Down the Aerojet Union Loss in Huntsville
MADISON COUNTY, Alabama — We reported last week that workers at the Aerojet Rocketdyne facility here in Huntsville were gearing up for a union election, with supporters hopeful that they would secure a victory and organize with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). However, they were met with an unpleasant shock when…
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Why Huntsville Workers Want to Unionize Aerojet Rocketdyne
MADISON COUNTY, Alabama — Workers at the Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Huntsville, Alabama, have made an important decision to unionize, and after putting in their petition, an election will be held on Wednesday, June 28, during which workers will vote on whether or not to organize. As per the “About Us” on their website, “Aerojet…
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‘Totally unnecessary political theater’: The Debt Limit is unconstitutional
Over this past weekend, President Joe Biden finalized the debt limit deal by signing a bill that suspends the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, avoiding what could have been a historic catastrophe had a default occurred within just two days. The end of this “debt limit showdown” comes after weeks of the Republican Party effectively…
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Debt Limit Charades: Republicans’ “fluff-cutting” will leave hundreds of thousands of American families cut off and helpless
For the last several weeks, the Nation has been fixated on one particular issue that has covered headlines and news tickers and dominated media discussions: the debt limit. Once again, we Americans found ourselves wondering: Is this it? Is America finally about to crash and burn? I think most of us have probably lost count…
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DOL report finds that disability accommodations have high impact for workers with disability at virtually no cost to employers
The U.S. Department of Labor recently put out a report detailing how they found that nearly half of accommodations for disabled workers have no cost… and yet a very high impact (that is, when employers actually accommodate). The department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy published this report via their Job Accommodation Network (JAN) service, titled…
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Republicans LOVE Big Government, As Long As It Doesn’t Help Workers
Within the last year, Florida has quickly become a veritable political battleground as Governor Ron DeSantis has been on a roll trying to legislatively force the state into becoming something of an “Anti-Woke Fortress.” From tightening restrictions on education to stop Progressives from “brainwashing” kids, to attacking workers unions and making it more difficult for workers to…
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Alabama voting rights activists warn that House Bill 209 will “criminalize helping people”
Earlier this month, the Alabama legislature’s HB209 bill was officially passed by the House and has moved on to be deliberated on by the Senate, with unfortunately good odds that it will ultimately succeed. We have been reporting at length about how damaging this bill would be when it comes to Alabama citizens casting their…
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“An example of politics and ideology getting in the way of education” | Former colleague of Alabama educator fired for “wokeness” reacts
Earlier this month, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey fired the Early Childhood Education secretary, Dr. Barbara Cooper, following allegations that Dr. Cooper had been promoting so-called “Woke” material in the classrooms. “It’s really an example of politics and ideology just getting in the way of education,” said Adam Keller on The Valley Labor Report, who is…
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America’s child labor epidemic is only just getting started
The issue of child labor in the United States seems to be only just warming up, as the U.S. Department of Labor releases some startling statistics in the middle of the investigation it has been carrying out across the Nation, with a special emphasis on the South. According to a statement the DOL released about…
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NEW STUDY: Sea Level Rise HIGHEST in the South
Tens of millions of residents along the southeastern coast of the United States are growing concerned as a disturbing new study indicates that sea levels have been rising at an accelerated rate since 2010, specifically along this corner of the country. This study, which was revealed in a co-authored paper published by the Washington Post,…