Oakland Teachers Strike As Contract Talks Stall
From today’s CNN News: Public school educators in Oakland, California, are set to go on strike Thursday morning after contract negotiations between the district and the educators’ union failed to…
Cal State Undergraduate Workers Seek Union Representation
From today’s CalMatters: California State University is the largest public university system in the country, so when sophomore Delilah Mays-Triplett decided working on the San Diego State University campus as…
Starbucks Tarnishes Its Progressive Brand by Denying Workers’ Rights
From today’s Newsweek: Starbucks has long claimed to be a “different kind of company”—one that cares about the health, safety, and well being of its workers nationwide. It doesn’t even…
LAUSD Closed for Third Day as Workers Set to End Strike
From today’s CNN News: Classrooms in the Los Angeles area were closed for a third day Thursday as school workers capped off a massive strike demanding increased wages and better…
Can the United Farm Workers Rise Again?
From today’s New York Times: Veronica Mota marched under the sweltering sun, hoisting a cloth banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe above her head for miles. “Sí, se puede,” she…
Michigan House Passes Bills Repealing “Right-To-Work” Law
From today’s Detroit Free Press: Michigan House Democrats passed legislation Wednesday night over GOP objections to deliver on a key promise to union activists: repealing the state’s right-to-work law. The…
How a YouTube Strike Could Set a Big Precedent For Workers’ Rights
From today’s Times: Several teams of subcontracted YouTube workers went on strike on Friday, to protest a return-to-office policy that they say is an attempt by YouTube’s parent company, Alphabet,…
‘Crunch’ Time, Low Pay Fueling Union Drive for Video Game Workers
From today’s LA Times: For months, Andrés Vásquez’s days working on the first-person shooter game “Doom” blended into one another. A quality assurance tester for id Software in Texas, he…
Apple Executives Violated Worker Rights, US Labor Officials Say
From today’s Bloomberg News: Comments by Apple Inc. executives and policies imposed on employees have been deemed illegal by US National Labor Relations Board prosecutors, who say they violate workers’…
Michigan Democrats’ First Bills Include Right-to-Work Repeal
From today’s Detroit News: With new majorities in place, Michigan Democrats outlined their first proposals of the 2023-2024 term that would repeal the state’s right-to-work law, restore a prevailing wage…