For Decades, “Scabby the Rat” Has Stood for Workers’ Rights
From today’s Chicago Reader: hat does a 20-foot-tall inflatable rat have to do with the long history of public expression in the labor rights movement? The answer: a lot more…
From today’s Chicago Reader: hat does a 20-foot-tall inflatable rat have to do with the long history of public expression in the labor rights movement? The answer: a lot more…
From today’s KTLA News: Recent negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down late Wednesday after the two sides once again failed to reach…
From today’s New York Times: Nearly 4,000 members of the United Automobile Workers union went on strike against Mack Trucks on Monday after rejecting a tentative contract that union’s leaders…
From today’s CNN News: On Wednesday, more than 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers, walked off the job, marking the largest health…
From today’s New York Times: President Biden grabbed a bullhorn and joined striking autoworkers in Michigan on Tuesday, becoming the first sitting president to join a picket line in an…
From today’s CNBC News: Hollywood’s writers and studios have a preliminary labor agreement. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed…
From today’s Sacramento Bee: Striking California workers are one gubernatorial signature away from being able to apply for and receive state-funded aid after a last-minute push by lawmakers. The California…
From today’s USA Today: Nearly 64,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California, Oregon and Washington who demand better pay and more robust staffing have authorized a strike if no…
From today’s Reuters News Service: United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said on Wednesday the union is preparing to strike against the Detroit Three automakers, a day before four-year…
From today’s NPR News: As a potential strike looms over the Detroit Three automakers, the United Auto Workers union is pushing for a substantial pay raise for its members: 46%…