Tag: workers rights

The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.

With public support for unions at record levels, activists expect still more workers to follow their example and unionize to build brighter futures.

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day in America and the Day of Mourning in Canada, a time to remember those killed, injured, or sickened at work.

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

Instead of saying “no one wants to work anymore,” we should be saying, “no one wants to be exploited anymore.”

"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."

"Workers will face potential liability for any damages the employer deems to be related to the work stoppage. This would greatly limit workers ability to strike and would be a gross misinterpretation of the NLRA."

“We put money into it. We deserve it back.”

Forty-two Republicans—and serial Democratic obstructionist Joe Manchin of West Virginia—voted down Rep. Jamaal Bowman's (D-N.Y.) proposal to include seven paid sick days in the tentative contract.

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