Tag: labor unions
CEOs are getting richer. Everyone else is falling behind.
At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, the average CEO now makes 632 times more than a typical worker.
How grassroots union activists fight Trump, Republican callousness
One man is battling the callousness of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, who have the power to help but prefer to inflict additional hardships on the people they ostensibly represent.
How Trump betrayed workers by gutting the Inflation Reduction Act
Community leaders united behind the initiative. And then Donald Trump stabbed them all in the back.
How to win the nation’s highest minimum wage
It took more than two years of hard work and relentless campaigning for LA’s tourism workers to win $30 an hour. Here’s how they did it.
Federal judge halts Trump and Musk’s illegal plan to dismantle government
A California court blocks sweeping mass layoffs and agency overhauls ordered by Trump and Musk, ruling the president lacks the authority to reorganize the federal government without congressional approval.
Federal judge rules Trump’s mass firing of federal workers was illegal—but...
The case was brought by a coalition of labor unions and advocacy groups, who sued OPM after the agency ordered thousands of probationary federal employees to be fired.
Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand...
Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.
The big union contract fights coming in 2025
The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.
UAW denounces Trump-Vance ticket as “menace to working class” amid threats...
The UAW warns that the Trump-Vance ticket threatens Michigan’s economic future by jeopardizing a $500 million federal grant for an electric vehicle plant, while highlighting the Biden-Harris administration’s investment in American manufacturing and union jobs.
How Tim Walz showed he has workers’ backs
Walz knows that empowering workers also means building a stronger economy.
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Israel and the United States are merging their military. Here’s why.
"From aid to partnership," the U.S. and Israel are set to become even more united in genocide.
Kept in the dark: How Louisiana weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back
That stretch of roughly 85 miles, widely known as "Cancer Alley," is home to dozens of refineries and chemical plants and to many predominantly Black communities.
GOP tucks $10 billion for voting restrictions into party-line Pentagon funding bill
The measure advanced on a near party-line vote just before lawmakers left Washington for a lengthy summer recess.
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.
Inside ICE’s largest detention center
A new investigation describes deaths, medical neglect, hidden detainees, and private contractors inside Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss.