“It should tell you something about who US public policy honors and respects,” writes Prem Thakker in The American Prospect, “that the Protecting America’s Workers Act, a bill that would simply expand the workplaces covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, oblige employers […]
“Figure out how to be a good person, a nice person, and one who knows how to communicate well, because those things are what will get you hired again and again more than any other ‘skills’ you have.” […]
General Internet searching is not enough. Companies manipulate what shows up first on a general Internet search. Often you have to weed through hundreds of pages of marginal information before you get to real substantive information on […]
“This wasn’t your average picket line,” writes Paul Prescod in Jacobin. “’It’s up to Walt to call the halt,’ read a striking worker’s picket sign beside a picture of Mickey Mouse. Another featured an image of Pinocchio saying, ‘There are no strings on me.’ […]
Unions that represent healthcare professionals and essential frontline workers are speaking out about the CDC’s walkback on masks. These workers, they say, have paid for and will continue to pay for the nation’s scandalous lack of preparation for […]
The union representing the Metropolitan Opera’s chorus staved off calls for a 30-percent reduction in payroll costs that the company had said it needed to survive the pandemic. But the contract it tentatively agreed to will save the Met millions […]
Kyla Hsia is a senior digital strategist at AFL-CIO and a member of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. She recently joined the AFL-CIO team after sitting at the bargaining table for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s […]
While union activity has been on the decline for years, President Joseph Biden vowed during his campaign to be “the most pro union president in history.” President Biden sent a clear message on his first day in office that this campaign […]
Even as the Covid-19 pandemic created record losses in the second quarter of 2020—and claimed the lives and livelihoods of millions of workers—median CEO pay in the US increased yet again last year, according to a new analysis. […]
How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases an annual work stoppage summary in February reporting the number of strikes and lockouts over the prior year, but […]
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