Labor
Teachers union leader Ingram: Conservatives play a long game; progressives don’t
June 15, 2022The right wing has been following a power-winning strategy since 1971. Progressives are still re-inventing the wheel every two years, says AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram.
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Amazon fires Staten Island organizer in what workers see as anti-union retaliation
June 14, 2022Pasquale "Pat" Cioffi, a worker and lead organizer with the Amazon Labor Union, was fired by Amazon from his job at the company’s JFK8 warehouse.
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AFL-CIO President Shuler’s goal: “More than one million new” unionists
June 13, 2022After her formal election at the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia Shuler announced a plan to recruit a million more union members.
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After long drive, AFA tries again to unionize 22K at Delta
June 10, 2022It’s an uphill battle at notoriously anti-union Delta Airlines.
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Starbucks baristas win unions at four Michigan stores, set sights on ‘worker power’
June 9, 2022“We're hoping our union isn't just going to just be for our pay and benefits, but a tool to fight for worker power throughout the county and hopefully throughout Michigan and then the country and then...
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