Tag: labor union
5 lessons from UPS workers’ successful bargaining
While the union did not win everything it wanted, it secured a majority of its demands in what it called “the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS.”
How union members honor workers Memorial Day
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day in America and the Day of Mourning in Canada, a time to remember those killed, injured, or sickened at work.
School support workers strike closing more than 1,000 LA schools
More than 1,000 schools are closed because of the strike, which impacts 422,000 students.
‘Class war’ erupts at hearing as union leader and GOP senator...
Bernie Sanders declared at the conclusion of Wednesday's hearing that "there's a class war going on whether we want to recognize it or not."
Why workers are up in arms over the rail strike intervention
The rail industry can thank Congress and the president for helping it secure $321 million in annual profits at the expense of workers.
Behind Starbucks union-busting stands CEO who got $940,000,000 richer during pandemic
"Starbucks and its billionaire CEO, Howard Schultz, can well-afford to improve employees' pay and working conditions through unionization."
Leaked video reveals Starbucks CEO urged managers to ramp up union-busting...
"Starbucks is getting desperate as it loses this war in battle after battle," said the baristas' union, "because we—the Starbucks partners—continue to organize and fight for a real voice within the company."
WATCH: Bernie Sanders to rally with Starbucks workers seeking unions
"Starbucks workers should be able to form a union without fear of being fired. End of discussion."
Why young workers are driving a wave of unionization
Increasing numbers of millennials and zoomers in the public sector, tech field, gig economy, nonprofit community, education and other sectors also view collective action as the path to a brighter future.
In a single year, $1.78 trillion was stolen from the working...
And much of the money workers should be getting is instead being pumped up to the top 0.3% of income earners.
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The $5.6 billion opening salvo: inside the staggering cost of Trump’s war on Iran
New reporting reveals that the United States burned through billions in munitions within days of launching its assault on Iran, highlighting the scale of the military campaign and its mounting financial and humanitarian toll.
Senate Democrats demand investigation into Iran school bombing as Fetterman stands apart
Nearly the entire Democratic caucus calls for a probe into a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Minab while one senator backs the military operation.
How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections
A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.
Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain households nationwide
New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.
The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy
That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.