Friday, September 20, 2024

Tag: workers rights

‘Together and unified,’ AT&T workers launch three-day strike

This strike comes as part of the largest-ever contract mobilization at AT&T Mobility.

GOP marks international labor day by pushing death of mandatory overtime

Meanwhile Democratic lawmakers participated in demonstrations on Monday–to protest President Trump’s policies toward immigrant workers.

May Day, workers, refugees and the cracks in the left

“Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here.”

One month to build massive actions

Let’s use our time well to organize and mobilize a protest that demonstrates our unified call for economic, racial and environmental justice.

National (in)security

What a Trump presidency really means for Americans at the edge.

May Day mass action will be a historic ‘strike from below’

“We need to show this administration, Congress and large corporate interests that our human and economic worth is more powerful than their agenda of hate and greed.”

Guilty of grand theft overtime

A new ruling denies overtime protection to millions of workers.

Fight For $15 Update: When Truman Doubled Minimum Wage

Economists and analysts tell Bloomberg News that wage increases in service and retail sectors are helping retailers by putting “more money in the pockets of some of their biggest customers: their own employees.”

Workers In This State Will Soon Be Guaranteed A Paid Day...

Five states in the country will now guarantee paid sick leave for their workers.

Why the Sharing Economy Is Harming Workers – And What Must...

In a sharing economy all economic risk is shifted onto workers. Uncertainty is hard on everyone - it's time to shift to a more secure economy.

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Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a ‘system of care’—will Dems go...

Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.

A ceasefire is not enough in Gaza

On Nov. 6, regardless of who wins the election on the day before, Biden needs to withdraw all his political capital from the bank and spend it in the Middle East.

Georgia’s deadly abortion ban: The tragic deaths of two Black women, Candi Miller &...

Candi Miller and Amber Thurman, both Black women and mothers to young children, died after they were unable to access care for rare but typically treatable complications caused by medication abortion.

Norway reaches historic milestone as electric vehicles outnumber petrol cars for the first time

Norway’s rapid transition to electric vehicles, a global first, shows the impact of policy incentives and ambitious climate goals, setting the pace for the rest of the world.

Trump-appointed judges continue assault on workers’ rights by undermining NLRB

In a move that could reshape labor rights across the country, these judges are granting preliminary injunctions to companies that argue the NLRB’s structure violates the U.S. Constitution.