Thursday, January 23, 2025

Tag: labor unions

How union workers are fighting to save America’s beleaguered health care...

Health care workers who battled COVID-19 are fighting for the safe staffing levels needed to protect their communities on a daily basis and prevent the already-fragile care system from collapsing in the next pandemic.

WATCH: Sanders rips Schultz over ‘unforgivable’ efforts to crush worker organizing

"That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz."

Sanders, Democrats, and a lone Republican revive PRO Act to strengthen...

"With CEOs spending $340 million a year on union-busting tactics to intimidate and silence workers seeking to form unions, the deck has never been more stacked against workers speaking out."

New York Times Strike: From reporters to rabble-rousers

Workers at the “newspaper of record” stopped working to demand better pay and labor rights—but only for a day. What would happen if they actually flexed their power?

On Black Friday, Amazon workers in 40+ countries strike and protest...

"We have to make Amazon pay all its workers a decent wage in dignified workplaces and for its environmental damage."

We need to elect more leaders from the labor movement into...

Electing more union members to councils and mayoral posts will help to combat right-wing attacks on workers and hold local government accountable to the ordinary people it’s intended to serve.

Bringing workers’ rights into a Constitution? An innovative state ballot proposal...

A Nov. 8 referendum will give Illinois voters the opportunity to enact a “Workers’ Rights Amendment” to the state constitution.

How unions are combating domestic violence

Dozens of unions in the United States and Canada with contract language providing domestic violence survivors with the resources crucial to breaking free of their abusers.

What’s going on in Buffalo these days can be inspiring—and plenty...

Starbucks workers in Buffalo have delivered America’s oligarchs an unexpectedly solid blow.

How trade union workers are joining to support Ukraine

Since Putin’s unprovoked attack, working people around the world rallied around Ukraine.

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Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on drug prices, halting efforts to lower costs

Trump reverses progress on drug affordability, halting Medicare and Medicaid cost-saving initiatives.

Trump’s inaugural address criticized for ignoring key issues facing working families

President Trump’s lack of focus on healthcare, housing, and income inequality sparks backlash from Senator Bernie Sanders.

Donald Trump’s second term will be bad news for endangered ocean and coastal animals

The re-election of Donald Trump has scientists and conservationists like me worried about the wildlife and wild places we’ve dedicated our lives...

Trump signs executive order targeting birthright citizenship: Legal and humanitarian concerns arise

Trump targets a cornerstone of U.S. citizenship in first-day executive order.

Maryland enshrines abortion rights in Constitution after overwhelming voter approval

Maryland becomes a leader in reproductive rights by enshrining abortion access in its constitution.