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Nov 19, 2024 | 
kvia.com | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez
by Daniel PerezNovember 19, 2024Jack Chessa has stepped down as chair of the University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering – the latest move tied to UTEP’s actions after the National Science Foundation announced its suspension of a major grant in May. Chessa, who had been chair since 2018, announced his decision Nov. 6.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez
Deion Sanders to the Cowboys? Colorado coach would reportedly accept Dallas job under one conditionThere is no bigger coaching name in college football right now than Deion Sanders, and there is no bigger organization in the NFL than the Dallas …
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
epi.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez |Jennifer Sherer
U.S. employers have tremendous power over worker conduct. For decades, federal law has allowed employers to require workers to attend “captive audience” meetings—and force employees to listen to political, religious, or anti-union employer views—on work time. Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that anti-union captive audience meetings in particular are illegal because they interfere with workers’ right to freely choose whether to form or join a union.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez
Above photo: Southern Poverty Law Center. Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation. There is a long strand of history connecting the legacy of slavery to the political and economic landscape of the Southern United States today. As EPI’sRooted in Racism1series has shown, the Southern economic development model is characterized by low wages, regressive taxes, few regulations on businesses, few labor protections, a weak safety net, and fierce opposition to unions.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
epi.org | Dave Kamper |Sebastian Martinez Hickey |Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez
Summary: Instead of punishing workers for wanting to serve in public schools, states should follow Minnesota’s lead by providing school support staff—who are disproportionately Black and brown, women, and older workers—with unemployment insurance benefits during the summer.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
epi.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez |Jennifer Sherer
Will Illinois be next to tackle the problem of ‘captive audience’ meetings?: Rights and freedoms of 22.7 million workers now protected in seven states U.S. employers have tremendous power over worker conduct.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
invesbrain.com | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez |Dean Baker |Trevor Abes
Unions and collective action have long served as a vehicle for ensuring prosperity for working families and creating a . Despite these critical functions, workers engaged in collective action, like strikes, have historically been barred from accessing safety net programs like unemployment insurance (UI). In a welcome development, state lawmakers are beginning to rethink this convention, recognizing the dual roles of UI in stabilizing the economy and unions in securing broad-based economic growth.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
epi.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez
Unions and collective action have long served as a vehicle for ensuring prosperity for working families and creating a . Despite these critical functions, workers engaged in collective action, like strikes, have historically been barred from accessing safety net programs like unemployment insurance (UI). In a welcome development, state lawmakers are beginning to rethink this convention, recognizing the dual roles of UI in stabilizing the economy and unions in securing broad-based economic growth.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
popularresistance.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez |Jennifer Sherer
How states are stepping up to protect workers’ rights and freedoms. Political and religious coercion in the workplace is a growing problem affecting workers from all backgrounds and across the political spectrum. U.S. employers have tremendous power over worker conduct under current federal laws. For example, employers can require workers to attend “captive audience” meetings—and force employees to listen to political, religious, or anti-union employer views—on work time.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
portside.org | Daniel Perez |Daniel Pérez |Jennifer Sherer
Tackling the Problem of ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Published November 4, 2023 Political and religious coercion in the workplace is a growing problem affecting workers from all backgrounds and across the political spectrum. U.S. employers have tremendous power over worker conduct under current federal laws. For example, employers can require workers to attend “captive audience” meetings—and force employees to listen to political, religious, or anti-union employer views—on work time.
