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Early Monday,125 members of the Teamsters Local 703 went on strike at the Des Plaines facility, saying Sysco had failed to bargain in good faith on a new contract. Since negotiations started in January, “almost no progress has been made,” the union said in a news release. The contract expired in February 2020 but was temporarily extended.
Since 2005, meanwhile, the Postal Service has been cited by the federal government 1,150 times for underpaying letter carriers and other employees, including one case that involved 164 violations, according to Labor Department data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The agency determined that those workers lost about $659,000 in pay. But it allowed the Postal Service to pay back less than half after negotiations with the agency — a common practice at the Labor Department. About 19% of the cases did not indicate whether the Postal Service paid back employees.
FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2021, file photo construction workers erect the frames of a home in a new subdivision in Allen, Texas. White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes. It’s a response to the volcanic rise in housing prices over the past year. Millions of Americans are getting priced out of ownership or stuck spending the bulk of their income on rent. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
“After addressing the community’s concerns regarding alley congestions, traffic and overall density, we are disappointed that Alderman Hopkins does not support the project in its current form given the economic benefits, including additional tax revenue, jobs and investments in underserved communities this project will create,” she said in a statement. “We are evaluating alternative options to redevelop the site.”
“We need robotics, advanced technology and automation to meet customer demand,” she said. “It’s just that simple. This state-of-the-art technology is helping supercharge our fast delivery, increase efficiency, reduce defects, lower prices and improve workplaces around the world.”
The latest estimates reflected the push and pull of many factors flowing from the pandemic, and the full impact may take years to sort out. The deep but relatively short recession slashed revenue from payroll taxes. But the death toll from COVID-19, concentrated among older people, reduced future Social Security benefit payouts. Hospitals were stressed by the influx of COVID patients, but Medicare didn’t have to pay for as many knee surgeries, colonoscopies and other more routine procedures. Birth rates and immigration, which tend to bolster the two programs, both fell.
Christy Olson is the founder/owner of Naperville-based Miss Flirty, a nail products business known online as Sparkle and Co. Luxe Nails, which saw its revenue surge by 1,507% in just one year — enough to place it at no. 303 on Inc. Magazine’s annual 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Businesses in America for 2021. (Christy Olson / HANDOUT)
“The Cubes at Country Club Hills is a model for us going forward, to expand access across the entire life cycle of our projects so that underrepresented groups can truly participate at every stage,” Shawn Clark, CRG’s president, said in a news release. “This is a step toward greater inclusion for our industry and, we hope, greater equity as well.”
“After spending the last year or more stuck in their homes, a good number of American workers now expect to be on the move, searching for new employment,” says Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst and Washington bureau chief. “Pandemic-inspired changes, including the ability to work remotely and/or from home, have transformed mindsets and expectations for many workers.”
Only six of the more than 500 people charged in the investigation have been sentenced, according to Department of Justice records. The first, Bloomington, Indiana, resident Anna Morgan-Lloyd, pleaded guilty in June to parading, demonstrating and picketing inside the Capitol and received 36 months of probation.