unions

Connecticut group home workers strike Sunrise for wages, pensions, dignity

November 5, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Most are making less than $17-an-hour and have to pay $6,000 in monthly premiums for family health insurance coverage. The CEO, meanwhile, rakes in a $325k annual salary.

John Deere UAW members vote down second tentative pact

November 4, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Union members, determined to play the decisive role in deciding what is acceptable to them, send their leaders back for a third try.

John Deere UAW members to vote Nov. 2 on tentative pact

November 1, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

They say they will keep walking the picket lines until the results of their ratification vote are all in.

Teachers in NEA to push Voting Rights Act despite Republican filibuster threat

October 28, 2021 By PAI

“We will not be silent. And we should not allow Senate procedure to stop critical legislation like this from passing,” says NEA President Becky Pringle.

Amazon workers go for bottom-up organizing in Staten Island drive

October 27, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

There are no “union bosses” and few outside issues or personalities Amazon can attack.