Labor

AFL-CIO’s President Shuler offers aid to Buffalo after racist shooting

May 24, 2022 By Tom Campbell

Offers families of the victims aid from organized labor

First Portland, Oregon, Starbucks votes are a blowout for the union

May 23, 2022 By Colin Staub

In mail ballots counted May 17, workers at four Portland Starbucks stores voted to unionize with Workers United, two of them by unanimous vote: 2880 SE Powell Blvd. 14-2 555 SW Oak St. 5-0 2328 W...

New contracts yield equal pay for equal work at soccer teams

May 20, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

The victories in the contracts testify to the efforts of the medal-winning National Women’s Soccer team.

Court win for another exploited worker class: Minor-league baseball players

May 19, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Players earn $3,000 over three months and then have to work six months for free.

Building the Amazon Labor Union: An interview with co-founder Jordan Flowers

May 18, 2022 By Jacob Buckner

Along with three of his co-workers, Jordan Flowers helped found The Congress of Essential Workers at Amazon’s JFK8 facility. Two years later, the power of their example is sweeping the entire U.S. labor movement.