Drive to unionize Amazon warehouse could set off chain reaction
Amazon has a history of crushing unionizing efforts at its warehouses and its Whole Foods grocery stores.
By Associated Press - March 29, 2021Amazon has a history of crushing unionizing efforts at its warehouses and its Whole Foods grocery stores.
By Associated Press - March 29, 2021The majority of ride-hailing service drivers work full-time but are ineligible for employer-provided benefits.
By Donna Provencher - March 19, 2021Demand for waiters, cashiers, front-desk clerks, and ticket takers may never regain its previous highs.
By Associated Press - March 13, 2021Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx has a long record of fighting against workers’ rights.
By Donna Provencher - March 10, 2021The White House says it strongly supports the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.
By Donna Provencher - March 09, 2021Sending students back to in-person learning immediately is ‘risky, irresponsible, and reckless,’ said the president of the Seattle teachers union.
By Donna Provencher - March 04, 2021‘I think they just kind of feel like there is no end in sight,’ said the executive vice president of one local union protecting grocery store workers.
By Donna Provencher - February 26, 2021So much for being the ‘workers party.’
By Josh Israel - February 24, 2021Republicans remain outraged that teachers want to reopen schools safely during a pandemic.
By Josh Israel - February 24, 2021Congressional Republicans have used the pandemic as another pretext for attacking teachers unions.
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2021Many of teachers unions are resisting in-person teaching in cities suffering enormous spikes in COVID cases.
By Donna Provencher - February 03, 2021Employers are considering ‘get vaccinated or get fired’ requirements for workers — and that has unions concerned.
By Amy Lieu - January 25, 2021House Minority Whip Steve Scalise has a lifetime AFL-CIO score of just 9%.
By Josh Israel - January 21, 2021Donald Trump’s taking his war on the press to a new level, insisting they shouldn’t get paid.
By Emily Singer - January 19, 2021Trump can’t help himself when it comes to gutting protections for federal workers.
By Tana Ganeva - October 23, 2020Thousands of American workers are preparing to go on strike if Donald Trump refuses to peacefully leave office.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 23, 2020The Trump administration is slashing pay for farmworkers, which could benefit Donald Trump himself.
By Amy Lieu - October 19, 2020A top pollster said the debate helped Biden, but Trump’s positions on key issues are helping Biden more.
By Josh Israel - October 06, 2020Unemployment in Pennsylvania has doubled over Donald Trump’s first term in office, despite his promises to bring jobs back.
By Josh Israel - October 03, 2020The Federal Education Association says in-person instruction at schools for children of military members presents ‘unacceptable health and safety risks.’
By Dan Desai Martin - July 27, 2020‘Corporate power is a threat to racial justice.’
By Associated Press - July 12, 2020Despite Monday’s historic Supreme Court decision, LGBTQ workers are still at risk on the job.
By Casey Quinlan - June 16, 2020The president of the National Education Association says schools need federal guidance in order to reopen safely.
By Josh Israel - June 04, 2020Also: Organizers with the Biden campaign unionize, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, gives a boost to a statewide effort to stop LGBTQ discrimination.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 08, 2020States addressed anti-LGBT discrimination, human trafficking, and youth suicide, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen unions.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 07, 2020All the 2020 candidates who qualified for the December debate say they’ll stand by campus workers protesting for better wages and affordable health insurance.
By Associated Press - December 13, 2019Democrats see an opportunity to make inroads in Iowa with union voters frustrated by the GOP’s attacks on unions.
By Associated Press - November 10, 2019DeVos called an op-ed slamming the striking teachers a ‘must read.’
By Emily Singer - October 30, 2019The United Auto Workers reached a tentative deal, but will continue to strike until it’s signed.
By Associated Press - October 16, 2019Tens of thousands of UAW workers are demanding higher wages and affordable health care. But the Republican senator from Florida says it’s about ‘America First.’
By Josh Israel - September 24, 2019