Labor
News Guild, journalists’ union, sets out to save newspapers
April 3, 2020Emphasizing their role in getting reliable information out to the public, the News Guild is setting out to save endangered newspapers across the country.
Read moreRail workers blast Trump use of coronavirus to trash safety rules, inspections
April 3, 2020“We cannot sit back and let the carriers and the government make us pay the price for their criminal lack of foresight."
Read moreNew jobless claims skyrocket to 6.648 million, double last week
April 2, 2020Welcome to the rerun of the Great Recession, if not the Great Depression, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic and its spread through the U.S.
Read moreDeLauro: ‘Woman workers on frontlines’ of coronavirus battle still shorted in pay
April 1, 2020Low-paid workers are disproportionately women of color, and for them, they will need to work several more months to make what a white, non-Hispanic man earned last year.
Read moreNew York launches investigation after Amazon fires worker who led walkout
March 31, 2020“We're not asking for much. We're asking the building to be closed and sanitized, and for us to be paid,” fired worker Cristian Smalls said.
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