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California to provide tax credit for union dues

California’s proposed “Workers Tax Fairness Credit” would be the country’s first tax credit for union dues. California, along with other states including Pennsylvania and New York, already allows union members to lower their taxable income by the amount of their union dues through a tax deduction. The new provision would

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Have Unions Left Labor Behind?

The labor movement can take credit for the creation of Labor Day, but now, 128 years after Labor Day was first celebrated, America finds itself facing a very different labor movement than that of our forebears.  Labor Day is when we celebrate the contributions everyday workers make to our country.

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New poll finds most nonunion workers uninterested in joining a union

A recent poll found that most nonunionized workers are disinterested in unionizing. 71% of Americans surveyed approve of unions, but 80% of nonunionized workers are neutral or disinterested in unionizing. The results come after a 57% increase in union election petitions in the first half of 2021 and high-profile unionization

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Breaking steady habits

The following is an excerpt from our Saturday email, which includes our musings on the latest developments impacting public employees, links to that week’s labor news, and a collection of whimsical reads for your weekend. If you’d like to receive our weekly email, you can use the sign-up form at

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Nursing home workers at 24 facilities across Pennsylvania vote to strike

Pennsylvania healthcare workers voted to send strike notices to the state’s three largest nursing home chains—Guardian Healthcare, Priority Healthcare, and Comprehensive Healthcare—as well as Shenandoah Heights Healthcare. The companies combined have 24 facilities across the state. An announcement from SEIU Healthcare says the strikes are related to “the companies’ failures

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FedScope database update helps unions expand membership

Last week, the Biden Administration released new data as part of its effort to encourage union membership at the federal level. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) added bargaining unit information to the FedScope database, the agency’s main public database. The new feature shows whether bargaining units are represented

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