Tag: labor
Federal employees’ union sues Trump administration as 420,000 work without pay...
The American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, says it’s illegal for federal workers to be forced to work without pay.
Marriott hotel strikers set a new industry standard
Their common demands focused on three areas – job security, workload, and wages and benefits – and the slogan, “One Job Should Be Enough.”
How to hold corporations accountable
It’s time to demand that the economic system work for all of us.
Eight holiday gifts American workers need
Here are eight gifts that would convert workers’ blue, blue, blue, blue Christmases to white.
Trump takes on General Motors (and guess who wins?)
If Trump were serious about his aims, he’d try to reduce the chokehold of Wall Street investors on American corporations while strengthening the hand of American labor unions.
Labor’s challenge to the new Democrats in Congress
Far too many so-called representatives of the people forget the working men and women who volunteered their valuable time to canvass and call and convince for them.
Disneyland Resort raises minimum wage to $15 for thousands of more...
The resort, located in Anaheim, California, and hotel cast members from United Here! Local 11 "ratified a five-year term" increasing the minimum wage to $15 effective January 2019.
Why labor is holding its applause for Michigan’s latest ‘workers’ rights’...
Even as they passed the measures, lawmakers made it clear that they did so not to enshrine them in law, but to create an opportunity to water them down later.
Who wants to join a union? A growing number of Americans
Unions and these new forms of advocacy can’t get workers the voice they expect on their jobs until U.S. labor laws become stronger.
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China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet
Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war
Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as Gaza deaths surpass...
Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.
Ending militarism in America
Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!
The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused
This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.
10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0
We need principles that build power now and for the long term.