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DOL and OSHA Address Workplace Heat Safety

The following statement was sourced from a May 8, 2024 OSHA National News Release issued by the U.S. Department of Labor:

EPI Supports FTC’s Ban of Noncompete Agreements

The following statement was issued by Heidi Shirholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, on April 23, 2024.

Updated Allied Health Memo

PDF version of memo available here

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UIW Virgin Islands Q1 Meeting

The UIW Virgin Islands Quarterly meeting will be held virtually via StarLeaf on January 25 from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AST (4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST). Topics will focus on the global COVID-19 pandemic and its various effects on the union and the rank-and-file membership.

To join the meeting:

https://meet.starleaf.com/4720655430/app

Meeting ID: 472 065 5430

Also available via phone/audio at: (669) 272-2894 and (669) 800-5335

COVID-19: Virgin Islands Update

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The following press release can also be viewed PDF icon here.

House Passes Protecting the Right to Organize Act

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called it “the most significant step Congress has taken to strengthen labor laws in the United States in 85 years and a win for workers everywhere.”

The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 6 passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (HR 2474), with bipartisan support. The final tally was 224 in favor and 194 against.

CWA President Emeritus Bahr Dies at 93

The last member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council to have served during World War II passed away July 30.

Morton Bahr, president emeritus of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), was a shipboard radio operator during the war before he came ashore to begin a career that culminated in heading the union that dealt with telecommunications workers.

Horton-Gennette Becomes New UIW National Director

Karen Horton-Gennette has been appointed by the SIU Executive Board to become the new UIW National Director. She assumed the post effective Jan. 1, 2019, replacing Kate Hunt, who had held the position since August 2016 and is Vice President of the SIU’s Government Services Division.

Union Membership Fairly Steady in 2018

The yearly report on union membership from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed very little change in 2018.

Members at Save The Queen Ratify New Contract

The nearly 400 UIW members at Save The Queen (Queen Mary) in Long Beach, California are the proud benefactors of a new three-year collective bargaining agreement.

Approved in July by an overwhelming margin, the new pact boasts an impressive array of features including annual wage hikes for tipped as well as non-tipped employees, yearly increases in pensions and the maintenance of health benefits at previously negotiated levels.

With respect to certain work rules, the new accord calls for:

Reduced “pointing” for calling -out during special events,

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