Tag: unions
How union workers safeguard American democracy
There’s no denying that this advocacy protects Americans’ freedoms.
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.
Might Starbucks soon start sharing the bucks?
Baristas in Buffalo are mounting the coffee giant’s most significant union challenge yet.
How employers punish workers for forming unions
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would better protect workers from illegal bullying and retaliation during the organizing process.
#DontFundEvil: Google workers form a union to combat workplace concerns
"The future of tech is stronger with the power of a union."
Unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers prepare for general strike...
Even a work stoppage in certain parts of the country would be historic; the last time a general strike took place in the U.S. was in 1946.
Why rebuilding America’s manufacturing muscle is essential
Decades of industrial decline left America unprepared for the pandemic. COVID-19 simply caught America flat-footed.
“He’s opposed every increase in the minimum wage”: AFL-CIO chief rips...
"They've done more things to hurt workers than they have to help them," Richard Trumka said of the Trump administration.
Workers need more rights and economic democracy
It is time to correct the decades of diminishing worker rights and shrinking unions as well as low-pay.
Sanders vows to ban ‘disastrous’ anti-labor ‘right-to-work’ laws
"We are in a blatant class war in the U.S. and we cannot win unless we as workers unite and unionize. Bernie knows this. And he will fight to make it happen."
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Trump blames Minneapolis woman for her death as ICE shooting prompts federal intervention
As video analyses dispute official claims in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration assigns sole control of the investigation to federal authorities and blocks state involvement.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1
The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage
The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.