Tag: Labor Day
The perennial struggle of young workers
This May Day, celebrate the young workers in your life. And if you are a young worker, start organizing with your coworkers—you might be surprised at what you can build together.
‘Great day for labor’: NLRB rejects Amazon attempt to overturn union...
"This was an outrageous union-busting campaign by Amazon and we're demanding the company come to the table to bargain," said an attorney for the Amazon Labor Union.
‘Happy Labor Day everyone!’: Millions lose unemployment aid on worker holiday
The loss of federal unemployment assistance at this moment "will be a double whammy of hardship" for the unemployed and their families.
10 charts on the state of U.S. workers on the 2nd...
While workers are continuing to struggle under Covid, corporate lobbyists are converging on Capitol Hill to block proposed pro-labor reforms.
Labor Day 2020: The power shift
If wealth continues to concentrate at the top, no one will be able to contain the corrupting influence of big money on the American system and the anger it unleashes.
New report outlines Trump’s actual work agenda: ‘Drop dead’
"Trump has betrayed America's workforce, sacrificing lives at the altar of industry profits."
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 3
Labor Day: When workers are recognized as human, $30 trillion to the richest white Americans, Los Angeles educators vote to strike, and more.
Labor Day 2017: Working families move closer to paid parental leave
For the nation’s poor working parents, the absence of paid leave is only the visible top of an iceberg of workplace challenges.
A New Bill of Rights for Workers: 10 demands the labor...
It is time for unions to return to demanding workers’ rights without apology.
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Republican chair of the Senate health panel says he has strong concerns about Trump’s...
Heidi Overton stood beside Trump at the signing of an order cutting the shots recommended for all children to 11, and she would need to clear a committee where Republicans hold a single seat
The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year
How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
Elon Musk’s billionaire welfare: How the world’s richest man built his empire on government...
An extensive Washington Post investigation has revealed a very different reality—one where Musk’s business empire has been deeply dependent on taxpayer money.
Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before...
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
Why we evolved to dream at night and what dreams mean
We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them?