The good news, according to Lefcowitz, is that health care workers across the country are organizing for a voice on the job, and unionized workers are winning big with good contracts that not only
The long list of pro-worker victories from the November 8 election continues to grow, particularly in states where Steelworkers devoted a lot of time and energy in recent months.
Sixty-five million Americans receive a monthly Social Security benefit.
The overwhelming majority of recipients, 72%, are retirees who collect approximately $1,500 each month. The remaining 28% is comprised of more than 8 million disabled workers and 5.8 million survivors of deceased workers who, on average, receive a monthly benefit of approximately $1,200.
When managers at National Steel installed hidden cameras at an Illinois mill to guard against theft, they ended up being the ones on the wrong side of the law.
The United Steelworkers (USW) reported the illicit surveillance to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and in a 2001 order that remains a major check on corporate abuses, the agency ordered an end to the secret spying.
The patient intended to commit suicide and knew the worker making his bed at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., stood in the way.
So he crept up behind the caregiver, grabbed the cord to the call bell and began choking her with it.
