…members; COVID-19 safety guidance; approved FDA-authorized PCR home collection testing kits; guidelines for vaccinated workplaces; safety worksheets for “fully vaccinated” workplaces; HVAC for workplaces and employer-provided housing; and core principles…
…question is whether the “adopt and amend” process was permitted by the section of the state constitution that governs ballot initiatives, which says initiatives approved by the voters cannot be…
…NYS Legislature has finally approved the HERO Act, worker advocates are pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo to waste no time signing legislation establishing enforceable workplace safety protections against COVID-19 and other…
…Steve Wishnia AUSTIN, Texas—Last month, Georgia enacted a law making it illegal to give people waiting on line to vote anything to drink. Last week, the Texas state Senate approved…
…don’t resolve this budget, we are coming to you.” Advocates for excluded workers say that funds to help hard pressed New Yorkers pay the rent and buy groceries are available…
…who get paid only when they’re actually bringing in money, not when they’re waiting around for the company to give them their next gig. Since California voters approved Proposition 22…
…budget that would allow REBNY to buy renewable energy from Upstate companies to avoid city fines for not upgrading their buildings to be more energy efficient, which goes against the…
…and support small businesses. People get money and they buy from stores. Businesses get more business plus government aid and so can hire more workers. Both then generate tax revenue…
…in any COVID-19 relief bill it passes. The House version, a $1.9 trillion package approved by the Budget Committee more or less along party lines Feb. 22, contains the raise….
…approved 27 “standards recognition entities” to develop them, in the name of flexibility and expanding job training. Those entities could include “trade groups, companies, educational institutions, state and local governments,…
