unions – Page 74 – People's World

After threatening to strike, 1,600 building cleaners in Connecticut score big wins

December 21, 2023 By Franklin Soults

Accord includes historic increases in wages, expands paid time-off, protects all existing benefits.

Art is labor, so why aren’t musicians and other artists viewed as workers?

December 21, 2023 By John Pietaro

In the 1930s, artists came to think of themselves as cultural workers and their labor activism exploded.

Is slavery back in Alabama?

December 20, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

For private businesses, prison labor is like a pot of gold. No strikes. No union organizing. No health benefits, unemployment insurance, or workers’ compensation to pay.

Railroad workers intimidated into putting speed ahead of safety

December 19, 2023 By ProPublica

Rail bosses enforce a system that jeopardizes employees and communities.

Union leaders demand Gaza ceasefire, call out Biden’s ‘complicity in war crimes’

December 15, 2023 By William Foner

UAW President Shawn Fain sounds internationalist message: Labor movement has to “fight for all workers and suffering people around the world.”