Labor
Hotel execs firing up to 39 percent of housekeepers even after full reopening
July 9, 2021Women, African Americans, and Latinas, will be the hardest hit in a scheme to raise profits and intensify the exploitation of the remaining workers, says the union, Unite Here.
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Oil workers’ strike spreads across Iran; unions appeal for international solidarity
July 9, 2021Oil bosses are skipping paychecks and trying to pit full-time workers against contract workers, but so far solidarity is holding strong.
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Illinois voters to decide on worker rights constitutional amendment
June 9, 2021Voters will decide whether to enshrine collective bargaining and a ban on the “right to work” into the state constitution.
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California labor maps plan to stop the Newsom recall
June 3, 2021Unions see their campaign as critical to preserving hard-won gains by workers in California.
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Under the radar: Partial postal reform has a chance in Congress
June 3, 2021The Republican-imposed mandate that USPS prepay $5 billion yearly for future retirees’ health care costs could come to an end.
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