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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders has a new plan to raise wages: Save the unions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/09/bernie-sanders-has-a-new-plan-to-raise-wages-save-the-unions/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.56ba9f7e21aa
Bernie Sanders has a new plan to raise wages: Save the unions
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced a plan Wednesday that he says will lift the nation's lagging wages by restoring power to unions and protecting workers in the gig economy both top items on the labor movements wish list.
The Workplace Democracy Act, co-sponsored by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 10 other Democrats, would make it easier for workers to organize, supporters say.
The bill would allow employees to form a union by a majority sign-up process, rather than an election (which proponents say heightens the risk of employer meddling); require companies to negotiate with a new union within 10 days of receiving a request; mandate that workers in every state pay some dues to unions that represent them; and expand the laws definition of employer, a hotly debated term as the countrys contractor workforce expands.
The catch, of course, is that President Trump and the Republican-led Congress arent likely to entertain these traditionally liberal goals and they have virtually no chance of soon becoming law.
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Bernie Sanders has a new plan to raise wages: Save the unions (Original Post)
Hassin Bin Sober
May 2018
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leftstreet
(36,119 posts)1. DURec
Fuck 'right-to-work' !!
pampango
(24,692 posts)2. Kudos the Sanders and the 13 Democratic senators who co-sponsored it.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)3. Here is the Pocan/Sanders legislation.