Labor
Union leaders join in blaming Trump for insurrection, coup attempt
January 7, 2021Denunciations come as lawmakers demand the immediate removal of the president and discussions start on both invocation of the 25th Amendment and immediate impeachment.
Read moreGoogle workers organize innovative new type of union with CWA
January 5, 2021Using innovations to attract their colleagues—everyone from software engineers to outside “contractors”—Google workers are organizing the high-tech behemoth.
Read moreConnecticut UNITE HERE activists canvass Georgia to take back Senate
January 4, 2021900 canvassers affiliated with the UNITE HERE union have been getting out the vote in Georgia for weeks. New Haven Alder Ron Hurt is one of them, and reflects on his experiences here.
Read moreUnions: The $900 billion stimulus only a step to rescuing workers
January 4, 2021Labor leaders say workers have been physically and financially smashed by the pandemic and that the stimulus helps but much more needs to be done.
Read moreA worker dies every 99 minutes from being injured on the job
December 23, 2020And the data for 2020 could be even worse, BLS says—but it won’t be because of COVID-19, at least not officially.
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