Thousands of L.A. City Workers to Strike Tuesday
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles’ hot labor summer will get a little more heated Tuesday morning, when thousands of Los Angeles city workers plan to walk off the…
Striking Hollywood Writers, Studios Meet To Discuss Resuming Talks
From today’s Reuters News: As the Hollywood writers’ strike approaches the 100-day mark, Writers Guild of America (WGA) negotiators will meet on Friday with representatives of the major studios for…
Philly’s New Bill of Rights Protects Domestic Workers
From today’s Philadelphia Inquirer: In Philadelphia, playgrounds and bus stops have become places where domestic workers share their job experiences. Two years ago, Tamara Baxter was sitting at a playground…
California County Under Investigation For Violating Voting Rights Laws
From today’s Sacramento Bee: The California Department of Justice announced an investigation Tuesday into redistricting in Butte County, and whether its board of supervisors violated state voting rights law when…
UPS Deal With Drivers Raises Bar For Work Demands
From today’s Axios: UPS workers are celebrating the deal their union reached with the company on Tuesday as the biggest win in a generation. Why it matters: The tentative five-year…
Kaiser Health Care Workers Plan 3 Day Protest Across California
From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center in Grantville is among more than 40 facilities statewide that will be picketed this week in a worker demonstration billed…
Alabama’s Redistricting Brawl Rehashes Bitter Fight Over Voting Rights
From today’s Politico: A court ordered Alabama’s Legislature to redraw its congressional map to give Black voters more power. The Legislature’s response? Not unless we have to. “We are the…
Potential UPS Strike: Where Talks Stand And What To Expect
From today’s NBC News: Negotiators for UPS and the Teamsters union representing some 340,000 workers at the nation’s largest package carrier are going back to the table on Tuesday, seeking…
SoCal Hotel Workers Strike Again As ‘Hot Labor Summer’ Grows
From today’s KTLA News: Writers and actors aren’t the only ones on strike in Los Angeles. On Thursday morning, thousands of hotel workers in Southern California walked out on strike…
Why Celebrities Are Striking: Average Pay For Actors May Surprise You
From today’s CNN News: On Friday, the SAG-AFTRA, a union representing about 160,000 Hollywood actors, officially went on strike after failing to reach a deal with Hollywood’s biggest studios. That…