Tag: workers rights
DeSantis anti-immigrant law sparks mass worker exodus in Florida
The new law places harsh restrictions on undocumented immigrants.
How Biden protected workers during the debt ceiling fight
The deal protects Social Security and other lifelines while raising the debt ceiling for two years and safeguarding the world economy.
Busting the ‘paid what you’re worth’ myth
It is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people while millions of Americans struggle to get by.
How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.
How union workers are breaking new barriers
With public support for unions at record levels, activists expect still more workers to follow their example and unionize to build brighter futures.
How union members honor workers Memorial Day
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.
WATCH: Sanders rips Schultz over ‘unforgivable’ efforts to crush worker organizing
"That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz."
Debunking ‘no one wants to work anymore’
Instead of saying “no one wants to work anymore,” we should be saying, “no one wants to be exploited anymore.”
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."
US strike activity surged in 2022 as SCOTUS workers’ rights ruling...
"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."
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Pentagon plan reveals standing military force for rapid deployment in US cities
Leaked documents show Trump administration proposal to create a permanent National Guard “quick reaction force” to quell domestic unrest, raising concerns over legality, militarization, and civil liberties.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Current nitrate level EPA deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes, other potential health...
The study said the current level of nitrate that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems safe fails to reflect birth outcomes and other potential health risks.
Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
UK surgeon says Israeli forces using Gaza children as ‘target practice’ as starvation crisis...
A British doctor and major humanitarian groups accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally targeting children near aid sites, as reports show more than 100 children have died from hunger during Israel’s siege of Gaza.