As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.
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Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide Read Post »
“I really think that the union won the public relations battle over the past week,” says labor historian Francis Ryan.
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Philadelphia Union Ends Largest Municipal Workers’ Strike in Decades Read Post »
On Wednesday morning, the Labor Department quietly reposted grants aimed at getting women workers into fields like construction and manufacturing, two months after DOGE sanctimoniously canceled the program. The move came as a shock to employees. DOGE previously eliminated dozens of the congressionally mandated Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grants, which support recruiting and […]
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Labor Department Reposts Grants for Women Workers DOGE Previously Killed Read Post »
Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
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New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry Read Post »
Taft-Hartley marked the beginning of a long-term strategy to isolate, weaken, and demobilize organized labor in the US.
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Taft-Hartley Act Still Undercutting Labor 78 Years Later Read Post »
When the US Supreme Court decided to overrule Roe v. Wade three years ago, the ruling had sweeping consequences for public health, making pregnancy much riskier, leading to the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and causing a spike in infant mortality. Now, research suggests the country has also suffered hundreds of billions of dollars in […]
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The Costs of Restricting Abortion? More Than $130 Billion Per Year. Read Post »
Across the country, immigrant workers are being met with surveillance, police repression, and political scapegoating.
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After ICE Targeted a Labor Leader, Unions Must Speak Up for Immigrant Workers Read Post »
Democratic lawmakers are demanding Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer preserve the Women’s Bureau following recent reporting from Mother Jones that the Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the 105-year-old, congressionally mandated office charged with supporting women in the workforce. On Monday afternoon, 34 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus sent Chavez-DeRemer a letter demanding the labor […]
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“A Direct Attack on Women”: Lawmakers Demand Labor Secretary Preserve the Women’s Bureau Read Post »
The labor actions are built on a decades-long tradition of internationalism, anti-militarism, and anti-imperialism.
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European Dockworkers Are Refusing to Load Weapons for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Read Post »
SEIU California President David Huerta was arrested while protesting the Trump administration’s militarized raid of LA.
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Labor Leader Released on Bond After Being Swept Up in ICE’s Violent Raid of LA Read Post »
For grocery workers who worked through COVID, the tentative agreement felt like a slap in the face.
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Kroger Workers in Indiana Reject Union-Recommended Contract Read Post »
A proposed rule from the Biden administration would protect 36 million workers from the hazards of extreme heat.
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Trump’s War on OSHA Could Spell the End for Biden-Era Heat Protections Read Post »
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