November 19, 2021 - Smlr_net

19 Nov 2021


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*November 19, 2021*
*Title:*                    How Biden’s Build Back Better Can Help Get
Women Back to Work
*Source:*               Bloomberg News
*Author:*               Kelsey Butler
*Date:*                   November 18, 2021
*Summary:*          President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion tax and
spending bill, which could face a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives
this week, looks to address some of the major challenges that have pushed
the female labor force participation rate to lows not seen in decades.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3oCky2Y
*Title:*                    Jobless Claims Little Changed in Potential Sign
that Layoffs Have Hit a Plateau
*Source:*               CNBC
*Author:*               Jeff Cox
*Date:*                   November 18, 2021
*Summary:          *Initial filings for the week ended Nov. 13, totaled
268,000, a decline of 1,000 from a week ago and slightly higher than the
Dow Jones estimate for 260,000. The total was the lowest since the
beginning of the pandemic but in close keeping with where claims have been
over the past month.
*Link:*                    https://cnb.cx/3qRM9jf
*Title:*                   This Build Back Better Proposal Would Raise
Wages for Workers with Disabilities
*Source:*               PBS NewsHour
*Author:               *Lisa Desjardins
*Date:*                   November 18, 2021
*Summary:*          It’s just 14 pages, found in sections 22201 and 22202
of the bill — titled “Competitive Integrative Employment.” That is a
classic government phrase that could apply to nearly any job in any
industry. What’s it mean here? This is about a fact of life for tens of
thousands of American workers with disabilities: They are legally paid
below minimum wage under a piece of U.S. law created more than eight
decades ago. NPR reported last year that some workers are paid as little as
$3.34 an hour.
*Link:*                    https://to.pbs.org/3CCfLDr
*Title:*                    Critic of Teamsters Leader Claims Victory in
Race to Succeed Him.
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Noam Scheiber
*Date:*                   November 18, 2021
*Summary:*          The head of a Boston local who urged a more assertive
stand toward employers like the United Parcel Service — and an aggressive
drive to organize workers at Amazon — declared victory Thursday in his bid
to lead the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/3FqnnL6
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