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Unlike other union representatives, stewards work on the shop floor, connecting workers with union officials at regional or national levels. The role of shop stewards may vary from being a mere representative of a larger national union towards independent structures with the power of collective bargaining in the workplace.
President Donald Trump this week rescinded a nearly 60-year-old executive order that prohibited government contractors from discriminating in their hiring, firing, promotion or pay practices.
The rule Trump nuked, Executive Order 11246, forbade federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. It ...
In response to one of Trump's most volatile moments on the campaign trail (the resurgence of the infamous 2005 Access Hollywood video tape), political activist Shannon Coulter decided on a new way ...
Employers may put pressure on a union by declaring a lockout, a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working until certain conditions are met. A lockout changes the psychological impact of a work stoppage and, if the company possesses information about an impending strike, can be enacted prior to the strike's implementation.
In other unions, the organizer's role is largely that of servicing members and enforcing work rules, similar to the role of a shop steward. In some unions, organizers may also take on industrial/legal roles such as making representations before Fair Work Commission, tribunals, or courts.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its bid to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which enforces laws protecting government whistleblowers, after ...
The attempt on Trump's life was the latest and most stunning example of political violence and harassment playing out regularly across America, shaking the foundations of democracy and causing ...