Tag: worker rights
Union declares victory as Kellogg’s strike ends with pay raise, moratorium...
“From picket line to picket line, Kellogg’s union members stood strong and undeterred in this fight, inspiring generations of workers across the globe.”
Democratic legislators send scathing letter to Amazon inquiring about employee deaths
“Amazon has proven time and time again that it views workers as disposable means to achieving greater profits.”
‘Striketober’ in full swing as nearly 100,000 workers authorize work stoppages
“You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions,” said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
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 rights advocates’ Fight for $15 has helped millions of workers
“The success of the movement for higher wages... only reaffirms how far out of step lawmakers in Congress are from their constituents, as they continue to refuse to raise the federal minimum wage.”
This 1916 experiment made workers wealthy
Robert Reich makes the case for bringing back the old practice of corporations sharing profits with their workers.
Worker power
Together, you can change the rules, and build a world where workers have real power.
Imagine a world where workers have power
Robert Reich breaks down the political choices that have systematically dismantled worker power over the past 40 years — and how we can build a world where workers have a real voice again.
Shoplifting is big news; stealing millions from workers is not
The shoplifting video is supposed to represent multiple examples of retail theft, but the wage theft settlement is also one example of a widespread issue.
Why the PRO Act is critical
The PRO Act alone won’t end economic inequality or return prosperity and opportunity to America’s working families. But passage of the PRO Act would help.
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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.
Today’s bankrupt presidency is not merely economic but moral, cultural and environmental in scope
Does not wrecking hard-won, global leadership (evident with Iran) constitute a seventh, eighth, tenth and fiftieth Trump bankruptcy?
Whitmer’s data center push isn’t just bad for Michigan—it’s bad for the world
Michiganders are "fighting like hell" because they understand exactly what is at stake.
Congress targets SCOTUS Roundup ruling with new warning label bill
This newly introduced bipartisan bill called the People Over Poison Act (H.R. 9528) seeks to mandate health warning labels on pesticides and restore consumers' rights to sue chemical manufacturers.
Trump removes election agency commissioners ahead of midterms
The firings leave the Election Assistance Commission without commissioners after it resisted Trump’s push to add proof-of-citizenship requirements to federal voter registration.