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…
South Carolina Longshoremen Union Rallies For Workers’ Rights
From today’s The Post and Courier: Omari Lincoln became a longshoreman, loading and unloading cargo along the Charleston waterfront, after watching his father and his grandfather before him do the…
Hotel Workers in Irvine and Anaheim Join Second Round of Strikes
From today’s Voice of OC: Workers at Irvine Hilton, Anaheim Hilton and Sheraton Park in Orange County and hotels in Los Angeles walked off the job at 3 a.m. Tuesday…
Is the Great Resignation Calling It Quits? U.S. Workers Leaving Jobs At Pre-Pandemic Pace
From today’s Yahoo News: U.S. workers may have fled en masse in search of better prospects, flexible work arrangements and higher wages during the COVID-19 pandemic — but the “Great…
Hotel Workers Strike on Holiday Weekend
From today’s New York Times: Inside the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, a towering luxury hotel with a rooftop pool and soaring views of the city, Jason Hernandez said on Monday…
Unionized Hotel Workers Reach Deal With Largest Hotel Before Strike
From today’s Los Angeles Times: As Los Angeles braces for the largest U.S. hotel worker strike in recent memory, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown announced it reached…
Time To Boycott Netflix? How Consumers Might Shape The Writer’s Strike
From today’s Los Angeles Times: As the writers’ strike stampedes through its second month and the possibility of an actors’ strike looms, it’s time to ask: When — and how…
Starbucks Workers Strike Over LGBTQ Pride Decor Removal
From today’s Reuters News Service: Workers at dozens of U.S. Starbucks locations held strikes on Sunday to express their outrage over accusations by the baristas’ union that managers at several…
Michigan Supreme Court To Hear Case on Wage Laws and Initiative Process
From today’s Interlochen Public Radio Online: The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether the Legislature exceeded its authority under the state Constitution when Republican majorities changed wage and paid sick…