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Driven by pressure from teacher organizing, by the 1970s the NEA transformed from an education advocacy organization to a rank-and-file union. In the decades since, the association has continued to represent organized teachers and other school workers in collective bargaining and to lobby for progressive education policy. [8]
The bill included last-minute provisions to address the concerns of a tipped minimum wage, including the creation of a hotline to report wage theft, a mandate for businesses to pay its employees using a third party in an attempt to reduce falsified records, and a mandate to train employers of tipped workers on sexual harassment and wage theft. [23]
NEA: Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1921 1,901,161 [1] RNs, professional, technical and non-professional health care workers; public employees; janitorial and security employees. 2012: SEIU: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 1932 1,459,511 Employees of state, county, and municipal governments ...
As the co-heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to slash at least $2 trillion from the federal budget.
The Ankeny School Board has been a hotbed for headlines and political tension, including in April, when the board, in a 4-3 decision, rejected the superintendent's recommendation to create a new ...
The Social Security Fairness Act cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday, soaring past the 60 votes it needs to advance by a vote of 73-27. This puts the legislation on a glide path toward final ...
The PIRGs emerged in the early 1970s on U.S. college campuses. The PIRG model was proposed in the book Action for a Change by Ralph Nader and Donald Ross, in which they encourage students on campuses across a state to pool their resources to hire full-time professional lobbyists and researchers to lobby for the passage of legislation which addresses social topics of interest to students. [5]
Colorado's base hour wage is rising to $14.81, up 39 cents, due to inflation.Connecticut workers will make an hourly minimum of $16.35, up 66 cents, and adjusted for inflation.Delaware's minimum ...