The Feature Film Jury of the main competition for the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival has spoken, and in judging the 21 entries eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes, they have gone dark, very very dark. “We shall do our best to see […]
A star-studded Cannes Film Festival came to a close Saturday night with a bang as Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite took home the Palme d’Or, while Mati Diop’s Atlantics landed the runner-up Grand Prix award. The Parasite win denied Quentin Tarantino […]
Karim Aïnouz’s The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao has taken the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar, as the section unveiled its winners Friday evening. Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole nabbed the best director award. Invisible Life chronicles […]
All eyes were on McDonald’s workers on Thursday as they walked out on their jobs and went on strike in 13 cities nationwide. Top Chef star Padma Lakshmi showed her support at a rally earlier this week. Democratic presidential […]
The Jobs, Economic Development, and Energy omnibus budget bill will include provisions to make wage theft a felony, penalizing employers who retaliate against employees who report it. The bill also provides funding and investigative power so that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the […]
“Labor law is not workers’ law,” writes Chris Brooks in In These Times. “That’s the lesson learned by pro-union workers at Volkswagen’s sole US factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Workers filed for an election to join the United Auto Workers […]
Some 20,000 unionized musicians across the country will soon see “painful” reductions in their pension benefits in order to keep the American Federation of Musicians’ $1.8 billion multi-employer pension fund from running out of money […]
National labor unions are taking their time sizing up 2020 candidates after some members criticized their leaders’ 2016 endorsement decisions as rushed. The American Federation of Teachers is holding events with individual Democratic […]
Zoe Brock, a former model who has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexually inappropriate behavior, said she once viewed a lawsuit against him as her best opportunity to hold him to account. But on Friday, she said she was “heartbroken” to […]
Workers and union supporters were joined by New York City mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio at a protest in front of a Des Moines McDonald’s.Thursday’s rally was part of a planned protest in cities across the country […]
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