Los Angeles County Union Workers Go On Three-Day Strike
From today’s CBS News: Los Angeles County union members were out overnight continuing their strike after failed contract negotiations had not reached a solution. A crowd of workers left around…
Nike Shareholders Vote Against Proposal on Workers’ Rights
From today’s Reuters: Nike (NKE.N), opens new tab shareholders have voted against a proposal to consider joining binding agreements with supply chain workers to better address human rights issues in…
Apple Faces Growing Labor Unrest at Retail Stores
From today’s CNN News: Apple faces plenty of challenges this year including regulatory scrutiny in Washington, sluggish sales in China and a competitive landscape in AI. Now, its leaders also…
Local Labor Leaders In Seattle Sustain ‘Year of the Union’ Momentum
From today’s Urbanist: 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests, commonly called “the Battle of Seattle,” an important AFL-CIO-led protest for worker rights and anti-globalization. The…
Climate and Labor Rights Protesters Attempt to Block APEC Entrances
From today’s NBC Bay Area News: While President Joe Biden was on his way to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday morning at the Filoli estate in Woodside, protesters…
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,…
Google’s ‘Ghost Workers’ are Asking for Labor Rights
From today’s NPR News: An army of workers is behind every Google search you do. They’re there for quality control and try to make sure your results aren’t full of…
Why Your Business Needs to Consider the 4-Day Workweek
From today’s Entrepreneur: The four-day workweek concept isn’t new. New Zealand and many European countries have proven it successful over recent years. Yet, with the shift to hybrid work and…
What Remote Work Debate? They’ve Been Back at the Office for a While
From today’s New York Times: The competition for parking space is getting steeper. Commutes are inching longer. Workplace lounges are filling up with commotion as junior associates play cornhole. What…
Eight U.S. House Offices File for the Right to Unionize
From today’s New York Times: Aides to eight of the most progressive members of the House filed petitions on Monday to form unions in their offices, the first substantial action…