New COVID-19 Safety Rules May Boost Union Leverage
Thank You! Law360 (March 3, 2021, 4:06 PM EST) Concerns about workplace safety may give unions a foothold for organizing new shops and provide existing units more leverage and more cause to strike if businesses don t follow heightened rules for protecting workers from COVID-19, attorneys say.
Not only can the perception that employers are dropping the ball drive workers to unions or enable them to bring public pressure to support their demands, but the failure to mitigate serious hazards may empower workers to strike, even if their contracts otherwise block work stoppages.
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Iowa would exclude from income grants given by the Economic Development Authority, Iowa Finance Authority or the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as a response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, under a bill introduced in the state Senate.
House lawmakers approved a $1.9 trillion package of economic incentives designed to combat the coronavirus pandemic early Saturday, but its fate is uncertain in the Senate, where bipartisan objections to raising the minimum wage could derail the legislation.
The House Budget Committee advanced President Joe Biden's pandemic relief legislation on Monday afternoon, moving the $1.9 trillion measure a step closer to approval by the full House expected later this week.
Senate Republicans met with President Joe Biden Monday evening to garner support for trimming back his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan and its economic stimulus payments as congressional Democrats took steps to pass it without GOP help.