January 20, 2023 - Smlr_net

20 Jan 2023


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*January 20, 2023*
*Title:*                    Union Membership Dropped to Record Low in 2022
*Source:*               Politico
*Author:*               Eleanor Mueller
*Date:*                   January 19, 2023
*Summary:*          The percentage of U.S. workers who belong to a union
dropped from 10.3 percent to 10.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported Thursday, as the job market added non-unionized workers at a
faster rate than unionized workers. That’s the lowest the figure has been
since the agency first started tracking comparable data nearly four decades
ago.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3XoadaR
*Title:*                    Over a Million Protest Macron’s Pension Plan in
the Streets of France
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden
*Date:*                   January 19, 2023
*Summary:*          Despite the wave of discontent, President Emmanuel
Macron intends to push through plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from
62.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3J3zmDI
*Title:*                   One of the UK’s Largest Unions Announces 10 More
Days of Strikes
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author: *              Elliot Smith
*Date:*                   January 20, 2023
*Summary:*          More than 2,600 ambulance workers in Wales and the West
Midlands, North West, North East and East Midlands of England are already
set to walk out on Monday as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and
staffing.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3HgHP58
*Title:*                    How State and Local Leaders Can Harness New
Infrastructure Funding to Build a Stronger, More Inclusive Workforce
*Source:*               Brookings
*Author:*               Martha Ross, Joseph W. Kane, Felix Laniyan, and
Annelies Goger
*Date:*                   January 19, 2023
*Summary:*          Whether they realize it or not, a key task for these
leaders is to ensure that when infrastructure jobs open up, there will be
workers ready to fill them. The infrastructure field has long faced
challenges in finding and retaining workers, and it does not have a strong
track record of inclusion and diversity.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3HlQfIx
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