San Francisco resident and famed Hollywood actor Danny Glover will be in Alabama on Monday to support the unionization drive at Amazon’s Bessemer facility. Glover will be the guest of the New York City-based Retail, Wholesale and […]
“Covid-19 has cemented the e-commerce giant’s hold on the economy — but it has also spurred employees all around the country to organize,” writes Erika Hayasaki in The New York Times Magazine. “Covid proved to be a breaking point. […]
The promises and threats that new technologies pose for workers in the entertainment industry were explored Friday at the Labor Innovation & Technology Summit, hosted by SAG-AFTRA and the AFL-CIO. The role of unions, said […]
Director Randall Miller, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter over the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones on a film set in 2014, has avoided jail time for breaching his probation order. A Wayne County, Georgia, judge […]
President Biden on Wednesday announced plans to nominate Jennifer Abruzzo, a lawyer for Communication Workers of America, to serve as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Abruzzo previously served as deputy […]
“When you sign up,” writes Harold Meyerson in The American Prospect, “with your phone carrier … the fine print of the contract reads that if you have a grievance against that company, you must waive your right to go to court and […]
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, introduced on February 4, will free Americans to build better lives and curtail the scorched-earth campaigns that employers wage to keep unions out at any cost. The PRO Act, backed by President […]
A longtime union leader, Corean Holloway works as a laundry attendant at the Warwick Hotel Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. She canvassed her city full time to get out the vote for Biden-Harris during the general election for president. […]
The head of the Center for Independent Employees is paid $3,200 per day to thwart what could become Amazon’s first unionized facility in the US. The Seattle-based conglomerate recently retained a consultant named Russell Brown to […]
Social media creators have a new way to join Hollywood’s biggest union. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has approved an “influencer agreement” that expands coverage and membership […]
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