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A Second Chance Set This Worker on the Path to Career Success Second Chance Month provides an opportunity to highlight the barriers people face in finding work after incarceration – and the benefits of the programs that help them overcome…
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Partners in Progress: SMART and SMACNA’s Labor-Management Cooperative Fund In 2002, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National…
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How We're Supporting the National Firefighter Registry On Thursday, April 13, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced the opening of the National Firefighter Registryfor Cancer  — the largest effort…
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Making Green: Good-Paying Jobs With an Environmental Focus For some workers, every day is Earth Day. Did you know studying how to protect the planet often leads to a good paycheck, too? Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show…
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Respecting and Enforcing Autism Benefits About 1 in 36 children in the U.S. has autismspectrum disorder (autism), a condition that lasts throughout a person’s life and can affect their behavior, communication, interactions, and learning.…
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Protecting the Rights of Working Parents Daryl Crawford with his daughterFor 30 years, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)has given working parents peace of mind as they’ve bonded with their newborn children. The law enables these…
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What Does the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Mean for Health Benefits? Over three years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency in January of 2020. We have come a long way from the time of…
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Five Important Changes to Your Health Coverage Once the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends The COVID-19 public health emergency and national emergency are likely to end on May 11, 2023.This means some of the policies put in place to…
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Helping Employers and Workers Build Relationships and Reach Agreements One of the biggest challenges facing workers when they organize a union is reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement with their employer. New research…
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World Health Day: Celebrating Good Health and In-Demand Healthcare Jobs  Interested in working in health care? You will have many job opportunities since overall employment in healthcare occupationsis projected to grow 13% from 2021 to…
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