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…
A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing
From today’s New York Times: Last December, Yun Yati Naing began searching for the job she would begin after graduating from Baruch College in New York City. It was one…
SoCal Hotel Workers Authorize Strike If Deal Is Not Reached For Pay And Benefits
From today’s CNN News: The largest hospitality union in Southern California has approved a strike for more than 15,000 workers that could begin in early July if an agreement isn’t…
Hollywood Actors Guild Votes To Authorize Strike, As Writers Strike Continues
From today’s ABC News: Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted Monday evening to authorize a strike if they don’t agree on a new contract with major studios, streamers…
Why A Job Is Not A Calling
From today’s New York Times: Last month, in an interview about Warner Bros. Discovery’s $50 million streaming profit in the first quarter of 2023, the company’s chief executive, David Zaslav,…
Trader Joe’s Violated Worker Rights At Store That Unionized
From today’s HuffPost: Trader Joe’s may have run afoul of the law at a store in Minnesota where workers unionized last year. The grocery chain’s management illegally removed union literature…
MN Governor Vetos Gig Worker Bill After Warning From Uber
From today’s The Hill: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) vetoed a bill that would have required a pay raise for ride-booking drivers after Uber threatened to stop its services in…
Workers’ Rights Groups Protest Restaurant Industry Convention in Chicago
From today’s New York Times: Protesters and two alderpersons rallied outside the National Restaurant Association’s convention at McCormick Place Monday, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay while…