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While the uptick in strike activity in 2021 is heartening, its influence should not be exaggerated. The number and extent of job actions was noticeable but still very small by historical standards, and union density continued to decline. A significant labor upsurge might be in the works, but it is not in evidence yet.

In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis spoke movingly of the workers keeping the world turning in dark times:

People who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines or on the latest television show, yet in these very days are surely shaping the decisive events of our history. Doctors, nurses, storekeepers and supermarket workers, cleaning personnel, caregivers, transport workers, men and women working to provide essential services and public safety, volunteers, priests, men and women religious, and so very many others. They understood that no one is saved alone.1

These workers have done everything we’ve asked of them and more. They have been through hell, particularly those who have risked their health and well-being to care for the sick, educate the young, feed the hungry, and deliver the things the rest of us need to get through this period of grinding uncertainty. Employers, politicians, and talking heads have lauded them as essential workers, but the stark gap between the praise and the grim realities of working life in the United States — which was already miserable for millions before the pandemic — have pushed many to the breaking point. Indeed, record numbers of American workers have quit their jobs in what the media has dubbed the Great Resignation. According to the US Labor Department, 4.5 million workers voluntarily left their jobs in November 2021. The number of monthly quits has exceeded three million since August 2020, and the trend shows no sign of slowing down.2 Job switchers span the employment ladder, but turnover has been largely concentrated in the low-wage service sector, where workers are taking advantage of the very tight labor market to get a better deal for themselves. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, workers with high school diplomas are currently enjoying a faster rate of wage growth than workers with bachelor’s degrees, a remarkable situation that has not occurred in decades.3

Worker discontent is not only finding expression in the form of quitting and job switching. In 2021, we witnessed a modest increase in the frequency and visibility of collective action in the workplace. Tens of thousands of workers, union and nonunion alike, challenged employers through protests and strikes across sectors and in many different geographical regions. Workers in health care and social assistance, education, and transportation and warehousing led the way, but they were joined by workers in hotels and food services, manufacturing, and other industries. Protests and strikes tended to be concentrated in states where labor is relatively stronger, namely California, New York, and Illinois, but some states with low union density, like North Carolina, saw an uptick in labor action, too. Pay increases were easily the most common demand, but health and safety, staffing, and COVID-19 protocols were high on the agenda as well.

The year 2021 was less a strike wave than a strike ripple, and it has not yet resulted in any appreciable increase in unionization. A few trends stand out. The first is that labor protest and strike action were heavily concentrated among unionized groups of workers. Unionized groups of workers accounted for nearly 95% of all estimated participants in labor protests and more than 98% of all estimated participants in strikes. The second is that protests and strikes were concentrated by industry — namely health care and education, which together accounted for roughly 60% of all labor actions. Finally, protests and strikes were heavily concentrated geographically. Just three states with relatively high levels of union density — California, New York, and Illinois — accounted for more than half the total estimated participants in protests and strikes. In short, collective workplace action is by and large taking place where organized labor still retains residual sources of strength. In this context, spreading protest and strike action beyond its current industrial and regional confines depends on unionization in new places.

Conditions conducive to labor action — rising inflation, pandemic-related pressures, and a tight labor market — are likely to persist into 2022, and the Biden administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been meaningfully supportive of worker organizing. US labor is probably not on the verge of a historic breakthrough, but in this context, workers may have an opportunity to make modest material and organizational gains.

Making new organizational gains is critical to the fortunes of the labor movement and the reviving US left. The vast majority of the workers involved in strikes and labor protests last year were already members of unions, not unorganized workers looking to unionize. This is why it is so concerning that last year’s uptick in labor action occurred amid a further decline in union density in 2021. The overall rate of union membership stands at 10.3% of the total labor force, while the total number of union members, just over fourteen million in 2021, continues its long decline.4 While some have argued that treating union density as the key measure of labor’s strength is a mistake, it seems clear that, at least in the US context, where union density and union coverage almost entirely overlap, it does provide an effective measurement of working-class power.5

Boosting the level of union density should therefore be among the leading priorities of progressives and socialists in the United States. As the power resources school of welfare state scholars has long argued, the relative strength of the labor movement and its affiliated political parties has been the single most important factor shaping welfare state development over time and across countries. Here in the United States, where we have never had a nationwide social democratic party aligned with a strong labor movement, the weakness of working-class organization is clearly reflected in the fragmentation and stinginess of our welfare state. The state-level wave of attacks on organized labor that began in 2010 have made it that much harder for unions to defend working-class interests and reduce inequality. But the fact that they were able to meaningfully mitigate the growth of inequality, even during the period of neoliberal retrenchment, shows that rebuilding the labor movement needs to be a chief priority of any progressive political agenda.6 The Biden administration’s pro-union stance suggests it understands this. But if it’s unable to act decisively to boost union membership, all the pro-union rhetoric it can muster will ultimately amount to little.

TRACKING LABOR ACTION

Researchers at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) began documenting strikes and labor protests in late 2020. Their ILR Labor Action Tracker provides a database of workplace conflict across the United States, based on information collected from government sources, news reports, organizational press releases, and social media. It counts both strikes and labor protests as “events” but distinguishes between the two. The major distinction between strikes and labor protests, according to this methodology, is whether the workers involved in the event stopped work. If they did, the event is defined as a strike; if they did not, it is defined as a labor protest. The Labor Action Tracker also collects data on a number of additional variables, including employer, labor organization (if applicable), local labor organization (if applicable), industry, approximate number of participants, worker demands, and more.7

ACTION TYPES

In 2021, there were 786 events with 257,086 estimated participants.8 Over 60% of the events were labor protests, while less than 40% were strikes (there was one recorded lockout). Roughly one-third of the estimated number of workers participated in labor protests, while roughly two-thirds participated in strikes. Further, the average number of estimated workers per labor protest (188) was significantly smaller than the average number of estimated workers per strike (553, see Table 1 for details).

DURATION

Neither labor protests nor strikes tended to last very long, which tracks with the generally sharp decline in strike duration in recent decades.9 Labor protests in particular were very short affairs. Of the labor protests with a start and end date, 96% lasted for just one day or less. Strikes also tended to have a short duration, but they typically did not end as quickly as protests. Of the strikes with a start and end date, one-third lasted for one day or less. Roughly two-thirds of strikes (68%) ended within a week, and over 90% ended within thirty days. One strike stands out for its unusually long duration: a 701-day strike by United Auto Workers (UAW) members against a metallurgical company in Pennsylvania, which began in September 2019 and ended in August 2021.

INDUSTRIES

An informed observer will not be surprised by which industries saw the largest number of labor action events (Table 2). The leading two industries by far were health care and social assistance and education, which are both highly unionized and have been subjected to enormous pressures during the pandemic. Together, they accounted for nearly 40% of the total labor protests and strikes. These industries also comprised over 60% of the overall number of estimated labor action participants — health care with 41.5% of the estimated participants, education with 18.8%. The overrepresentation of health care and education workers becomes even starker when we compare this to their employment shares in the overall labor force. In 2020, these two industries accounted for 16.3% of total nonfarm employment — health care with a 13.8% share and education with 2.3%.10 Put another way, the share of health care workers in 2021 labor actions was roughly three times larger than their share in the nonfarm labor force, while the share of education workers was more than eight times as large.

These two pace-setting industries were followed by a second tier of industries including transportation and warehousing, accommodation and food services, and manufacturing. It is not surprising to see these listed among the most turbulent industries, as they contain a mix of highly unionized employers and nonunion employers that have become a major focus of labor organizing activity, namely Amazon — the most frequently targeted employer, with twelve total labor actions — which was the target of twice as many labor actions as McDonald’s, the second-most targeted employer.

The industrial distribution of labor protests generally follows the overall distribution of labor action, with the notable exception of manufacturing, which saw far more strikes than protests. While the health care industry did not experience the largest number of strikes, it accounts for more than half of estimated strike participants (53%). Workers in education (12.4%) and manufacturing (16%) also accounted for outsize shares of the estimated number of participants.

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Dark Spirits Market Booming Worldwide with Latest Trend and Future Scope by 2027

Craft spirits have witnessed monumental growth in the last few years, owing to changing consumer preferences toward craft spirits especially whiskey and brandy. According to American Craft Spirits Association, craft spirits are products produced by a distillery, which values the importance of transparency in distilling and remains forthcoming regarding the spirit’s ingredients, distilling location, aging, and bottling process.

Dark Spirits Market Size was valued at $87.2 billion in 2019, and is projected reach $129.1 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 6.4% from 2021 to 2027.

Global Key Players:

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Asahi Group Holdings, Kirin Holdings, Diageo, Suntory Holdings, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi Limited, LT Group, Inc (Tanduay), The Brown–Forman Corporation, and Rémy Cointreau.

A distilled spirit is produced by a distillery producing fewer than 750,000 gallons annually. The craft spirits volume sales have witnessed upswing of 26% in 2019, crossing 80 million liters of craft spirits sold in the U.S. alone. The number of craft distillers has also surpassed 2,000 mark in the financial year 2019. The craft movement has brought rising levels of distilling expertise, knowledge, and innovation. Similar trends have been witnessed across Europe and Asia-Pacific regions in prominent countries such as India, the UK, and France. Increasing demand for craft spirits is expected to provide impetus to the global dark spirits market growth.

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With increased awareness and consciousness, consumers are scrutinizing food as well as beverages labels these days, with alcohol being no exception. Clean label, organic, natural, no additives, and GMO-free alcohol, including dark spirits have been successfully launched in the market. For instance, Waterford Distillery released Ireland’s first organic whiskey GAIA 1.1 priced at $110. Similarly, Neisson launched organic certified rum. With more players entering the organic market, the market for organic dark spirits is anticipated to gain high traction with new flavors and offerings to lure consumers.

The global dark spirits industry has been slightly impacted amidst the outbreak of the coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in lockdown and widespread restrictions across the world. The on trade sales of dark spirits have nosedived across the world, owing to the closure of HORECA industry across the world. Furthermore, recent development in resurgence of the second wave of coronavirus in Europe and North America is one of the major challenges the industry is expected to face in the coming days.

The global dark spirits market is segmented on the basis of type, distribution channel, and region. Based on type, the global market is divided into whiskey, rum, and brandy. By distribution channel, the market is bifurcated into on trade and off trade. Region-wise, the global market is studied across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and LAMEA. North America consists of market evaluation for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Europe is studied across the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, and the rest of Europe. India, China, Japan, ASEAN, Australia, and the rest of Asia-Pacific are the countries analyzed under the Asia-Pacific region. LAMEA includes Brazil, Argentina, the UAE, South Africa, and the rest of LAMEA.

Key Findings Of The Study

By region, Asia-Pacific dominates in terms of the global dark spirits market share, and is expected to retain its dominance during the forecast period.

By type, the whiskey segment led in terms of the market share in 2019, and is expected to gain market share in the coming years.

By distribution channel, the on trade segment is expected to gain market share in the coming years, and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.4% during the dark spirits market forecast period.

By region, North America is anticipated to grow with a moderate CAGR of 4.2% during the forecast period.

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Income Tax Filing In Tambaram https://www.auditorsandsecretaries.com/income-tax-filing-in-tambaram/

Income tax filing in Tambaram Basically, income tax refers to profits tax. The amount of your income should be paid to the central government. The government levies taxes on the income of all individuals (individuals, individual companies, INDU households, INDU households, Indian households, Indian households), local authorities or other priority taxes. People with income in a particular year. If you earn more than 5 lakes per year, you need to use a digital signature to file a tax return.

Regarding income (1)(ac), Article 10(1)(23C), Article 35(1)(5), Article 80G(5)(I) and (iv) and Article 12A(i) and ( Section vi) requires the use of the 1961 text to re-register the new form using the revised Form 10A. In the previous section, Form 10A is also used for new registrations. Click here to view the announcement. On February 19, the Central Direct Taxation Commission (CBDT) decided to extend the tax compliance period on Saturday by a few days. “Due to the unfavorable circumstances caused by the severe Covid-19 pandemic,

as well as various inquiries from taxpayers, tax advisors and other stakeholders across the country, requesting relaxation of various compliance periods, the government today extended certain terms”-in In the statement of the Ministry of Finance.He added that this measure aims to “alleviate the difficulties faced by various actors.” He said in a statement: “This is a welcome move to extend the timetable. For various tax requirements. Sumit Mangal, a partner of L&L Partners, said that when the country responded to the second major wave of coronavirus.

he said that it should be submitted on or before March 31, 2021, Article 139 (4) of the Income Tax Law of 2020. ) And the revised statement of Article 139(5) 2) Individuals can be CBDT established on April 1, 2021, at the date of “according to the deadline specified in this section or May 31, 2021 Before the date (whichever is later), the appeal (appealing) to the Commissioner under Chapter 20 of the Income Tax Law,.Objections to the Dispute Resolution Team (DRP) in accordance with Article 144C of this law,

the final submission date of this article is April 1, 2021 or later, and it can be submitted before the deadline corresponding to this article or December 31 Objection, May 2021, whichever is later. 4) According to the notice in Article 148 of the Act, the income tax return can be filed within the period permitted by the notice or before May 31, 2021. 5) “Taxes withheld pursuant to Section 194-IA., Sections 194-IB and Section 194M of the Act, and the submission of the required withholding tax payment statement must be made on April 30, 2021

Income Tax Filing In Tambaram the Vivad se Vishwas Direct Tax Law was promulgated in 2020, aimed at reducing pending income tax disputes and generating revenue for the country in time in 2021. Services are also included as companies are working hard every month Pay taxes and file tax returns, so it is urgently needed.” said Pra Tek Bansal, partner of White & Brief Advocates & Solicitors.”The easing policy is the latest of the government’s recent initiatives to ease tax compliance during these turbulent times.

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Breaking News, April 15 | LIVE

Breaking News, April 15 | LIVE

Image Source : INDIA TV Breaking News, April 15 | LIVE Daily dose of news plays a very important role in our daily life. For some people, the morning is incomplete without knowing what’s happening across the world. Some digital-savvy people have a habit of consuming news even when they are travelling or in their free time. In today’s world, where people rely on news websites for everything…

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Covid - India

The situation in India is really overwhelming right now. Also with America not helping us with vaccines while we helped the whole world is really depressing. The crematoriums in Delhi were so scary and frightening, to see so many people die just because they can't get enough oxygen supply is heart breaking. While we in our homes with a privileged life can only help so much to the needful but the government is not even trying to help. They've literally told us to look after ourselves, we can't do anything. Even some of my family has tested positive for covid but the ones who are critical and in ICU are barely getting any help. The doctors are helplessly tweeting to get some oxygen tanks, which is really scary considering even they can't help.

People are not wearing masks and going out when clearly there's a lockdown going on. And the government literally doesn't have a plan to stop this or to get it under control. I'm really thankful for the people on twitter helping with food and chores for the people suffering from covid. Atleast someone is doing something while the government is having rallies for elections.

This is a really scary moment for our country and I wanted to let you all know what's really going on here. You can surely show your support by reblogging and helping those in need.

Note: If you are too overwhelmed please block the tags of covid india.

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राहत: एक हफ्ते बाद कोरोना के नए केस 40 हजार के नीचे, बीते 24 घंटे में 219 मरीजों की गई जान

राहत: एक हफ्ते बाद कोरोना के नए केस 40 हजार के नीचे, बीते 24 घंटे में 219 मरीजों की गई जान

कोरोना मामलों को लेकर रविवार का दिन राहत देने वाला रहा। बीते 24 घंटे में कोरोना के 38,948  मामले दर्ज किए गए, 43,903  लोगों ने इस बीमारी को मात दी,  जबकि पिछले 24 घंटे में 219 संक्रमितों ने दम तोड़ा। नए केस का आंकड़ा 9 दिन बाद सबसे कम रहा। साथ ही मौत का आंकड़ा भी लंबे समय बाद 300 के नीचे पहुंचा है। हालांकि, केरल में कोरोना के नए मामले कम नहीं हो रहे हैं। राज्य में रोजाना 29 हजार पॉजिटिव मरीज मिल…

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COVID-19: Maharashtra logs 3,741 fresh cases, 52 deaths

COVID-19: Maharashtra logs 3,741 fresh cases, 52 deaths

Image Source : PTI The official said Mumbai registered 333 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths, while Pune city reported 168 infections, but no fresh fatality.   Maharashtra reported 3,741 new coronavirus cases and 52 fresh fatalities on Monday, taking the infection tally to 64,60,680 and the toll to 1,37,209, a state health department official said. The official said 4,696 patients were…

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The struggle to survive and revive the travel & hospitality industry

Road Jam in Himachal Pradesh post second wave By Aditya Vikram Singh We’ve heard that the hotel business has been affected the hardest by the pandemic, but no one believes that the worst is yet to come. As per the reports, the second wave hit the industry very severely. Due to lack of resources, many restaurants and hotels were forced to shut down their business. When everyone was looking for…

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Coronavirus in UP Children: तीसरी लहर की तैयारी, दूसरी कोरोना वेव की जद में भी आए बच्चे...जानें लखनऊ का हाल

Coronavirus in UP Children: तीसरी लहर की तैयारी, दूसरी कोरोना वेव की जद में भी आए बच्चे…जानें लखनऊ का हाल

हाइलाइट्स:पूरे देश की तरह यूपी में भी कोविड की दूसरी लहर में बच्चों में संक्रमण देखने को मिलादूसरी ओर कोरोना की तीसरी लहर में बच्चों में अधिक संक्रमण की आशंका जताई गई हैपरिवार में किसी दूसरे सदस्य के कोरोना पॉजिटिव होने के कारण बच्चों में भी इसका संक्रमणलखनऊपूरे देश की तरह यूपी में भी कोविड की दूसरी लहर में भी कई बच्चों में संक्रमण देखने को मिला है। दूसरी ओर कोरोना की तीसरी लहर में बच्चों में…

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The worst could be over! 18 states, UTs showing continuous decrease in daily new COVID-19 cases

The worst could be over! 18 states, UTs showing continuous decrease in daily new COVID-19 cases

Image Source : PTI A COVID-19 patient shows victory sign as she fights against the disease in Ranchi. The savage second Covid wave that wreaked havoc across the country killing thousands and infecting lakhs of people daily apart from breaking the back of medical infrastructure may finally be waning. However, the war against the deadly infection is far from over.  The government on Tuesday said…

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“People were also exposed to pseudo-science and misinformation”, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government

Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government, K Vijay Raghavan on Wednesday had a detailed interview with the leading newspaper. He said that the condition in India is certainly terrifying. He however said that India was not prepared to face such an intensive wave of Coronavirus. The interview covered several aspects of the pandemic and whether the country is able to see an end pf the current situation.

When asked about the ferocity of the second wave and how it affected India, Raghavan said that it was a big surprise for everyone. “During the first wave, multiple measures were initiated for revamping response infrastructure. This infrastructure, the flattening of the first wave, and the confidence from vaccine development, all contributed to us not anticipating the size of this surge,” said Raghavan.

He also emphasized how India has a pool of data which indicated that the people recovered in different metro cities would prove helpful in bending the virus curve. He also indicated that the scientists in the country as well as abroad concluded that the second wave won’t affect the country so badly.

Emphasizing on the criticism that India has been receiving for its inefficacy, Raghavan said, “While we were all aware of second waves in other countries, we now had vaccines at hand, and no indications from modelling exercises suggested the scale of the surge… So, it became a race to vaccinate as many as we could, while also maintaining Covid- appropriate behavior. Doing the former (vaccinating everyone) takes time. We slackened on the latter (following Covid-appropriate behavior).”

He said that misinformation led to the second wave in India. “People were also exposed to pseudo-science and misinformation. Some of this was coming from sources that the general public could safely assume to be credible, such as those promoting ‘herd-immunity’ by allowing, and modestly calibrating, disease spread,” Raghavan added.

India is currently seeking help from all the countries in the world. US, Canada, Russia and Taiwan are a few countries that have come forward to help India.

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Mask Guidelines: मास्क को लेकर WHO ने जारी की गाइडलाइन्स, क्या डबल मास्क से मिलेगी ज्यादा सुरक्षा

Mask Guidelines: मास्क को लेकर WHO ने जारी की गाइडलाइन्स, क्या डबल मास्क से मिलेगी ज्यादा सुरक्षा

Mask Guidelines: कोरोना वायरस की दूसरी लहर (Second wave of Coronavirus) जिस रफ्तार से भारत में लोगों को संक्रमित कर रही है, उसे देखते हुए बहुत से लोगों के मन में डर और घबराहट भी है कि आखिर वे कैसे खुद को और अपनों को इस बेहद खतरनाक संक्रमण (Dangerous infection) से बचा सकते हैं. इसके लिए सबसे पहला और जरूरी कदम तो ये है कि आप जब तक बहुत ज्यादा जरूरी ना हो घर से बाहर न निकलें (Stay at home). घर पर…

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Delhi records 22,933 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 350 deaths

Delhi records 22,933 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 350 deaths

Image Source : PTI Delhi records 22,933 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, 350 deaths Delhi recorded as many as 22,933 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 10.27 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 14,248. As many as 350 fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi…