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Stand with UFCW Members as
They Fight for a Fair Contract |
At Stop & Shop supermarkets across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island 31,000 workers have gone on strike.
Management at Stop & Shop presented its “final offer” to workers, which included significant cuts to health care, massive increases (more than 100% in some cases) to workers’ health care premiums and replacing wage increases with so-called bonuses.
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| Today in Labor History |
April 10, 1880 — Birth date of Frances Perkins, named Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, becoming the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office.
April 10, 1917 — A total of 133 people, mostly women and girls, are killed when an explosion in the loading room tears apart the Eddystone Ammunition Works in Eddystone, Pa., near Chester.
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| Today in Labor History |
March 27, 1904 — Mother Jones is ordered to leave Colorado, where state authorities accuse her of “stirring up” striking coal miners.
March 27, 2002 — U.S. Supreme Court rules that undocumented workers do not have the same rights as Americans when they are wrongly fired.
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Railroads' Flood-Ravaged Midwestern
Tracks Trigger FRA Emergency Declaration |
Federal Railroad Administrator Ronald Batory on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, declared an emergency event for railroad operations because of extreme flooding throughout the Midwest.
The National Weather Service has documented historic flooding throughout the region, Batory said in an emergency event announcement.
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| Pre-Retirement Seminars |
Designed for railroad employees and spouses planning to retire within five years, the Pre-Retirement Seminars we offer familiarize attendees with the retirement benefits available to them and guide them through the application process. Sponsored by the Office of the Labor Member, seminars are held at several locations annually. Union officials, auxiliary members, and their spouses are welcome to attend, as well as rail employees and spouses within 5 years of retirement. Registration is required
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| Today in Labor History |
MARCH 20, 1865 — Michigan authorizes formation of workers’ cooperatives. Thirteen are formed in the state over a 25-year period. Labor reform organizations were advocating "cooperation" over "competitive" capitalism following the Civil War and several thousand cooperatives opened for business across the country during this era.
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New Tax Law Affects
Work-Related Deductions |
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2018, made numerous changes to the U.S. tax system. Among those changes was the elimination of most miscellaneous itemized deductions. Before the new law was enacted, you could deduct the amount that exceeded 2% of your adjusted gross income (AGI) for unreimbursed employee expenses.
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