Labor

N.Y. joins Calif. in passing comprehensive labor rights for farm workers

July 9, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Farm workers are finally getting basic labor rights, including the right to organize a union, a mandatory day of rest, and the right to overtime pay.

Helping California grocery workers avert a strike; supporting them if they do

July 8, 2019 By Ismael Parra

Don’t allow our communities and lives to be disrupted by greed. 60,000 grocery store workers need our solidarity.

Supermarket strike: Southern California grocery workers poised to walk off the job

July 3, 2019 By Special to People’s World

A strike could affect stores from San Luis Obispo down to the border with Mexico, putting as many as 60,000 grocery workers on picket lines.

California gig workers eye a win if landmark bill passes state Senate

July 3, 2019 By Marilyn Bechtel

By codifying gig workers as employees, AB 5 would close loopholes that enabled companies to classify low-skill workers as independent contractors.

Trump is replacing federal workers with non-union temps

July 1, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

Since the day he entered the Oval Office, real estate mogul Donald Trump has waged war on the two million people who work for the federal government every day.