by Stephen Koppekin | Jul 11, 2018 | Business, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Labor Laws, News and Events, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin, Workplace Policies
Initiative 77 is an initiative that was approved by Washington, D.C. voters in a 55.14% majority vote. The point of this initiative is to make up the difference between tip-pay and minimum wage for tipped employees if the employee does not earn the hourly minimum...
by Stephen Koppekin | Jan 23, 2018 | Business, History of Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin
The nascent labor unions of the 19th century sought to rally workers in order to secure favorable wages and working conditions, but two divergent strategies emerged over how to best organize them. Advocates of craft unionism supported the belief that unions should...
by Stephen Koppekin | Jan 4, 2018 | Business, Labor Laws, News and Events, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin, Workplace Policies
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently overturned a number of prominent regulations and policies implemented during President Barack Obama’s tenure in the White House. These decisions came in the wake of President Donald Trump’s appointment of...
by Stephen Koppekin | Dec 27, 2017 | History of Labor Laws, Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin
Crippling unemployment, low wages, and labor uncertainty characterized workers’ lives during the torturous years of the Great Depression. Although President Franklin. D Roosevelt’s New Deal created jobs and relief programs for millions of Americans, by 1940, the...
by Stephen Koppekin | Dec 18, 2017 | Business, History of Labor Laws, Labor Laws, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin
During World War II, the federal government kept labor unions on a tight leash for fear that their organizing might undermine industrial production for the war effort. However, with the end of the war, unions’ power and influence surged. By 1954—less than a decade...
by Stephen Koppekin | Nov 21, 2017 | Labor Laws, News and Events, Organized Labor, Political Climate, Stephen Koppekin, Workplace Policies
Suppose the government mailed you a no-strings-attached check for $1,200 every month. What would you do with the money? Stow it away in a contingency fund? Invest it? Given the additional spending power, would you be comfortable reducing your hours at work? Maybe...
