Tag: workers rights
How COVID-19 showed America’s dependence on blue-collar workers
These workers are the lifeblood of the nation. They step up every day and keep America running—even during a pandemic.
Coronavirus prevention that works for working people
Now is the time to put the basic foundation in place that will make us all safer and more secure in good times, and more resilient when disaster strikes.
Philadelphia domestic workers win a new bill of rights
"I deserve to be respected at my workplace - which is others' home - and to receive the same rights and protections that other workers receive."
Striking UAW member: We’ll strike “as long as it takes” to...
Workers are seeking higher pay, protection of their healthcare benefits, greater job security and a commitment from GM to build more cars and parts in the United States.
Lend a hand: Here’s a list of General Motors picket lines
Strikers are making a stand for equality for temps and second-tier workers.
Don’t subsidize companies that silence workers
When workers can’t organize or speak out, their lives — and ours — may be at risk.
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.
Severance pay: Corporate obligation to long-term workers
There is a new push, at both the state and federal levels, to provide U.S. workers with many of the benefits that workers in other countries have long taken for granted.
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
In addition to boosting wages, it will take major policy changes, like making child care more universally available and affordable, to offset the skyrocketing costs of living for American workers.
Retail workers nationwide are united for respect
Workers around the country are fighting back, taking creative actions and pushing legislators and pension funds to act.
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DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science
The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.
Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting
A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.
Sanders and Khanna introduce 5% wealth tax aimed at raising $4.4 trillion from 938...
Legislation would target households worth over $1 billion and direct revenue toward healthcare, housing, childcare, and teacher pay.