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“Ministers and commentators say workers cannot demand pay rises due to inflationary pressures. Inflation is rising not because of workers’ wage demands but by inflated big business profits and ...
More than half of workers – 56% – say they have not gotten a raise or found a better-paying job in 2021, according to a new Bankrate survey. Workers' pay stagnates as inflation concerns ...
What at first seemed like good news, is over now. The recent bump in workers' wages has been wiped out by unrelenting inflation, with the Department of Labor reporting that top-line inflation for...
The many contract workers—especially low-wage, hourly workers—facing financial hardship during a shutdown have traditionally never been awarded compensation for lost wages. Past efforts by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton during the 2013 and January 2018 federal shutdowns to pass retroactive pay legislation have not succeeded. [ 16 ]
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The 2021 Allegheny Technologies strike was a labor strike involving about 1,300 workers for metals manufacturing company Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI), all unionized with the United Steelworkers (USW). The strike began on March 30 and ended on July 13 with the ratification of a new labor contract. Strikers returned to work by July 19.
Americans aren’t used to inflation. Inflation reached a 40-year high in mid-2022, a surge sparked by COVID-19. Before the pandemic, annual inflation hadn’t topped 5% since the Great Recession ...
Some workers report that they or a family member have been fired or suspended for missing work due to illness. [5] A 2020 paper found that requiring paid sick leave in the US likely increased overall well-being. [6] When paid sick leave is required by law, workers tended to take two more days off work each year. [6]