Category: A living wage

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Colorado gives State employees the right to Unionize. This is a big deal for the State’s 250,000 workers. It will increase their pay & benefits. More importantly they now have a voice in the workplace and can offer suggestions to management to help their clients. Many are professional social workers!

June 12, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/12/colorado-public-sector-workers-collective-bargaining-rights-law

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce I’ve been hearing a lot about schools not teaching lately. Read this article about the Nation’s teachers and how Societies ills have destroyed their ability to teach as they choose. With so many guns in circulation, they fear for their lives and the lives of their students. They’re mental health counselors, too! So many kids are anxious and depressed. Guns & Covid don’t help keep kids safe. Then they have political bans on books and their curriculum? They’re entrusted with the lives of Our kids and they can’t support their own curriculum? They’re mad, sad, angry and want to be left to teach without interference. It’s time we recognized their importance in our society and treated them with respect. It’s also time to recognize our kids will be 6 months behind and require remedial studies to catch up and lots of mental health counseling.

June 8, 2022

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/us/teachers-uvalde-shooting-grief.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce In a unanimous decision The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the baggage claim handlers, stating they are engaged in inter state commerce and therefore, entitled to bring their claims for overtime pay to Court. This decision works for all employees involved in interstate commerce. They( Uber, Lyft & amazon employees) may bring class action suits against their employer and are not bound by individual arbitration. This a win for Labor. Changing NLRB Laws would be Labor’s objective!

June 6, 2022

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AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Break the habit and Vote for Beto O’ Rourke. You can have a government that supports the rights and lives of the majority. Register and vote. In 2022, your life and livelihood depends on Beto and new faces, not hard right extremists, in Government. Give power to those who will care about your life. The GOP protects very few and cares only about their money and self perpetuating Power. Vote them out in 2022.

June 4, 2022

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/opinion/texas-republicans-abbott.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Britain’s rise in inequality and poverty took 10+ years. We started the trend in the 1980’s. They recognize the poor & middle class are suffering, do we? We’ve taken away the peoples safety net and never replaced it. From Student Loans, to child care, to transportation, to WiFi, to food insecurity, we’ve created a two tier society with stressed out traumatized adults and children. When do we reinstate our Social Safety Net? The For the Families Act? Where’s the debate ?

June 1, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/01/the-decade-that-broke-britain-the-disastrous-decisions-that-left-millions-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Unionization is sweeping America. The Gaming industry has its first Union at Activision Blizzard. More to follow as Labor demands a seat at the Corporate Table, fighting for higher wages and good working conditions. Corporate abuse of people is coming to an end. We can look at this progress and know “ the Middle Class is ascendant! “

May 24, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/23/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-vote

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce A Beer costing $7 on the Street can cost $28 at the airport. There is a Law to hold down food & drink pricing and it’s now being enforced. 10% above street prices is acceptable. Now Congress needs to bring done Street Pricing. Anti trust Laws and price controls are necessary to stop runaway Inflation.

May 23, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/22/new-york-airports-food-drink-prices

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce As CEO’s & Corporations make record profits, works in retail and the fast food industry barely make $260 a week. That’s not a living wage. With Corporate profits rising, and Corporate generated Inflation rising , too, a $15 minimum wage will barely suffice. People need a Basic Living Wage and Unionization at every level of work insuring better pay, benefits, safe working conditions and a seat at the Corporate Table! We need a # Clean Slate for Labor. We need a change in the Dept of Labor rules, favoring employees and not owners.

May 16, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/16/strikes-us-retail-fast-food-dollar-general-mcdonalds-wendys

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The 5 largest meat packing plants in America, successfully lobbied Trump and the USDA to downplay the seriousness of Covid to workers & their families. 59,000 became sick. At least 269 died. This is Eugenics, not IVF for women. Tyson, JBS & 3 others refused to protect their staff. They knowingly colluded in the sickness and death of employees. Their behavior is a crime against humanity!

May 12, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/meatpacking-industry-trump-downplay-covid-threat

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce People working in nursing homes are entitled to a living wage, fully paid for with benefits. California SEIU UNION demanding a Quality of Care board to oversee Nursing Homes. Quality of Care Boards should be established in every state. Nursing homo are notoriously understaffed and they don’t pay workers for hours worked. This is hazard pay for those who show up. The employees suffer and patients suffer as owners take in huge profits. Enough is enough! We have needed standards of Care for 30 +yrs.

May 4, 2022

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/04/california-nursing-homes-union-reform