Labor
Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, not contractors, new California bill says
March 28, 2019The proposal comes as both Uber and Lyft prepare to launch initial public offerings or IPOs, raising billions of dollars from Wall Street investors.
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A worker’s story launches major labor law reform effort in Congress
March 27, 2019Every day Cynthia Harper went to work for two years, from early 2015 to early 2017, at the Fuyao Glass America plant in Moraine, Ohio, she wondered if she’d come home alive.
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Unionists informationally picket Michelle Obama book tour event
March 26, 2019Live Nation, the promoter Michelle Obama hired, in turn hired a labor law-breaking backstage firm, Rhino Staging, for the former First Lady’s appearances in the Pacific Northwest, and she hasn’t spoken up. That led to an...
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As support grows, striking Chicago Symphony musicians plan free concerts
March 22, 2019The musicians are walking picket lines and playing free concerts all over again.
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Grad student workers in Chicago strike UIC, administration refuses to budge
March 22, 2019Many UIC graduate student workers are struggling to get by on $18,000 a year.
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