A large part of Warren’s push has included meeting with important Democratic constituencies to influence their conversations and use their platforms. With labor leaders cheering her on as one of their most prominent advocates […]
Organizers behind a movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour are promising its “largest, most disruptive protest ever” in response to Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the 2016 presidential election. […]
Every year, workers on both sides of the camera are maimed, burned, break bones and even die striving to deliver entertainment that packs multiplexes and commands top TV ratings. Injuries come not just from obvious risks such as […]
President Obama is rethinking his plans to withdraw from the political arena after he leaves office next year, hinting to friends and supporters that he wants to add his voice to the shellshocked Democratic activists and elected officials who […]
Trump’s plan relies heavily on private financing. A 10-page white paper posted on Trump’s campaign website last month makes private financing the cornerstone of his infrastructure plan. The proposal would offer $137 billion in federal tax credits to […]
CBO finds that reversing the rule would strip nearly 4 million workers of overtime protections. According to the report, there are nearly 4 million workers whose employers will be required to pay them overtime when they work more than 40 hours […]
“No one who cares about the future of the American labor can disagree with the conclusion of Jane McAlevey’s new book, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age,” writes Dave Kamper in In These Times. “She calls for a ‘bottom-up […]
Off-Broadway actors and producers agreed Friday on a new labor contract that boosts performers’ wages in a deal that ensures dozens of New York shows stay open as the holidays approach, from “Shear Madness” to […]
A union representing transit workers in Philadelphia says its members overwhelmingly approved a five-year labor contract — the same one that ended a weeklong strike when proposed earlier this month. […]
The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on Thursday announced they will begin formal contract negotiations on December 5. The parties have been engaged in informal discussions to define the issues for negotiations for the 2017 theatrical and […]
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