Illinois Passes Workers’ Rights Amendment | Biden News

[ad_1] Illinois voters approved a broadly worded ballot initiative to provide an expansive right to collectively bargain on issues that extend beyond traditional NLRA-defined terms and conditions of employment. This Amendment would have a significant impact on bargaining rights in both the public and private sectors, although it faces potential preemption by the NLRA. On … Read more

Davido: Nigerian singer Davido’s 3-year-old son drowned, police question workers | Biden News

[ad_1] Nigerian singer-songwriter Davido’s three-year-old son, Ifeanyi, drowned in the swimming pool of the singer’s home in Lagos as house staff were taken away for questioning. A police spokesperson said Ifeanyi Adeleke died in the singer’s swimming pool in Lagos on October 31, the BBC reports. Perhaps to overcome the grief, the couple declined to … Read more

Education workers rally outside Ontario PC convention, days after contract talks broke down | Biden News

[ad_1] Nearly 200 protesters gathered Saturday outside the Ontario PC convention in Toronto in a show of support for education workers. The rally comes days after contract negotiations between the Ford government and CUPE, the union representing about 55,000 education workers, broke down. “We know they’re talking about what their next policy decisions will be,” … Read more

Amazon workers can now attend these 180 colleges for free | Biden News

[ad_1] BY Lake Sydney03 March 2022, 14:07 A worker sorts parcels on an exit dock at an Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, as seen in August 2021. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda—MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise/Getty Images) As COVID-19 and modern technological advances have changed the way we work, so much more Property 500 companies spend millions—if not … Read more