Senator John Thune played David Novstrup on national TV yesterday, pretending that taking things away from workers is good for them. Asked by Fox’s Maria Martiromo…
Tag: labor
President Taft signed the Department of Labor into existence on March 4, 1913, Its first Secretary was the founder of the United Mine Workers. The mission…
South Dakota and Minnesota have increased their minimum wages over the last couple of years, but neither has taken the great leap of Seattle, which raised its…
Teachers are full-time employees after all. So says Fifth Circuit Judge Richard A. Sommers in reversing a child support decision. Recall that last summer, child…
An eager reader shares this letter from Avera Health to its thousands of South Dakota employees urging them to vote No on Initiated Measure 23, the “fair…
Woe unto the voters who get their information exclusively from television. KELO-TV takes a “Closer Look” at Initiated Measure 23, the fair-share union dues measure. Their “Closer Look”…
Anti-union forces are hitting South Dakota mailboxes with their first pitch against Initiated Measure 23, the fair-share union dues proposal. An eager reader forwards this flyer funded…
One possible reason for South Dakota’s low wages and nationwide, wage stagnation over the past generation: declining union membership. Marketplace visits with Washington University professor Jake Rosenfeld, who…
South Dakota business owners predicted a variety of problems would arise from the voters’ 2014 decision to raise our minimum wage from the federal $7.25 per hour…
The South Dakota Democratic Party gave South Dakotans the opportunity to vote on raising South Dakota’s minimum wage in 2014. Voters responded by approving a 17% increase in…