Labor
Heavyweight lawmakers back safe staffing in nursing homes
September 21, 2021Another milestone in National Nurses United’s long campaign for safe staffing of U.S. healthcare facilities.
Read moreShierholz takes over at Economic Policy Institute
September 16, 2021As a leading economist, she has consistently exposed the damaging roles of inequality, wage stagnation, and the wealth gap.
Read moreAFL-CIO’s Shuler to ExxonMobil: Locking out refinery workers risks deadly accident
September 15, 2021The Beaumont scenario is similar to a fatal explosion and fire at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2005. That blast killed 15 workers, most of them contract employees, and injured 180 people.
Read moreIATSE is gearing up for a possible strike
September 14, 2021Any such strike will have a major impact on the economy in CA and nationwide. It remains to be seen how this industry will react to the unions’ willingness to stand together.
Read moreStriking cookie workers refuse to crumble
September 14, 2021Seven days a week, 16 hours a day: “They’d rather work us to death than pay the benefits for more employees,” says April Flowers-Lewis.
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