State grants boost community gardens in Douglas County Being able to grow your own food is rewarding. It’s possible … even though it’s still a hobby, its part of what we do. We grow our food, UW-Extension horticultural educator Jane Anklam said. Written By: Maria Lockwood | ×
Apprentices from Local 361 work on the Superior Community Gardens Association s Oakes Avenue garden in Superior recently. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
Seed money from the Growing Together Wisconsin initiative is impacting Douglas County communities and how they view food.
The mini-grants have fueled construction and expansion of the Superior Community Gardens Association site on the 2300 block of Oakes Ave., pouring $6,000 into the project over three years. New for 2021, mini grants of up to $2,500 each were awarded to the Parkland Community Garden and Northwest Wisconsin Community Service Agency’s Solid Rock supplemental garden in Superior.
Springfield Council blocks ‘wage theft’ companies from city construction contracts
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
“Workers deserve the pay and benefits they are entitled to and taxpayers deserve to know that no one is cheating with their tax dollars,” said Councilor at Large Jesse Lederman. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican file photo)
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SPRINGFIELD The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance designed to ensure city construction projects do not go to companies with a history of underpaying employees.
Several councilors who sponsored the ordinance said companies would be barred from such contracts for five years as a result of wage theft violations, such as misclassification of workers, nonpayment of overtime, undercounted hours and withholding of final checks, councilors said in a news release after the vote.
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The saga of Scabby the Rat continues with the
transition of the Biden administration and the recent unceremonious
ouster of now-former General Counsel Robb. The debate focuses on
whether the presence of Scabby, the large inflatable rat, and large
banners at the site of a neutral secondary employer constitute
lawful secondary protest activity or is unlawful picketing or
coercive conduct.
In
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local
Union 150 (
Lippert Components, Inc.), the union
erected a large, inflatable rat and two stationary banners at the
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As it became clear that many workplaces – essential and less so – would remain open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ALIGN became a key player in a coalition of 70 unions, workers’ centers and nonprofits that have pushed the NY HERO Act. The bill sets enforceable workplace standards for testing, PPE, social distancing, hygiene and more. Maritza Silva-Farrell has led ALIGN, an alliance of labor and community organizations, since 2016.
52. Charlene Obernauer
Executive Director, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
NYCOSH, the watchdog nonprofit that Charlene Obernauer leads, is well known for its annual report on construction deaths in New York state. The latest report on calendar year 2019 found that while construction-related deaths dipped slightly across the state, they rose 10% over the previous year within the five boroughs. In her role, Obernauer has advocated for better COVID-19 protection at New York work sites and also conducts tr
GOSHEN – Union carpenters rallied on Thursday outside the Orange County Government Center aiming to raise awareness of a problem that wallops workers and taxpayers in the wallet: construction fraud.
The rally was part of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters national Tax Fraud Day of Action awareness campaign, said Scott Smith, business manager for the North Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters and Carpenters Local 279, based in Hopewell Junction.
“It’s a bad problem in Orange County and in the Hudson Valley,” said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler, who spoke at the event.
According to materials put together by Matthew Capece, representative for the general president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, nationally in 2020, worker exploitation and unfair competition in the construction industry affects between 1.3 million and 2.16 million workers, and represents about $8.4 billion in lost state and federal tax revenue. It also accou