Labor
Labor Day rally marks Kaiser mental health clinicians’ fourth week on strike
September 9, 2022San Francisco Labor Council’s Kim Tavaglione told strikers: “All of labor in California is standing with you…to change a system riddled with greed and profit.”
Read more
Seattle school bosses force 6,000 teachers, staff to strike
September 9, 2022Issues include enormous sized classes, and too few counselors and nurses.
Read more
Speedy organizing drive brings minor-league baseball players into union fold
September 8, 2022It took only one week to bring 90 percent of Little League players into the labor movement.
Read more
Kaiser Permanente nurses hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety
September 8, 2022“We need more nurses to provide the care our patients deserve. There is simply no reason or excuse for nurses to be short-staffed this long into the pandemic.”
Read more
Court bounces another union try for permanent federal coronavirus protection
September 7, 2022AFL-CIO and National Nurses United raise the alarm about the issue of protection on the job.
Read more