Labor
Abandonment of COVID protections puts farm workers in a stranglehold
May 11, 2021“The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry,” says union activist Edgar Franks.
Read moreMcDonald’s workers forced into another one-day strike on May 19
May 11, 2021Fast food workers in at least 14 cities coast to coast will participate
Read moreNews Guild fights to save newspapers from vulture capitalists
May 10, 2021If the predators at Alden Global have their way, the Chicago Tribune will join the Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News, the Hartford Courant, and others on their target list.
Read morePRO Act’s new backers: National Consumers League, major league sports unions
May 7, 2021The PRO Act would be the most extensive and most pro-worker rewrite of labor law since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
Read moreFather Thomas J. Haggerty: A forgotten ‘saint’ of the working class
May 7, 2021Despite its power, little is known about the person who helped write the Preamble of the IWW Constitution. Most are shocked to find that it was a Catholic priest.
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