Labor

UAW official gives insider’s view of GOP’s Michigan election scheme

November 30, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

As one of the four election commissioners for Wayne County, Allen Wilson of the United Auto Workers saw first-hand Trump's plot to throw out Black votes.

Nebraska kosher meat packing plant leaves workers trayf—unclean—vs. coronavirus

November 25, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

It’s not just the workers who are unprotected; so is the community. The virus has spread in Hastings, as it has in other meatpacking-heavy cities in the Great Plains, to other residents.

Iowa Tyson pork plant bosses bet on how many workers coronavirus would kill

November 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

1,000 workers sick, six dead, one big fat wrongful death lawsuit, and one very pissed-off union. No word on which plant boss won the betting pool.

National Nurses United readies new Medicare For All push

November 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Not only does the union face the moneyed opposition of the insurance and hospital lobbies, but it must overcome a “not-that” attitude from Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.

Unions back attempt to block Trump’s return to spoils system

November 19, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

If Trump were to ultimately succeed in pulling off an electoral coup and hold onto the presidency, this latest order would give him expanded power to purge anyone he saw as disloyal.