LA Times Newsroom Votes on Whether to Unionize, Tronc tries to suppress it
Here is an object lesson in why workers at the LA Times newsroom voted to unionize. Below is the “story” that appears in the LA Times about this historically significant…
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Head of AFL-CIO explains, “Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council”
From the New York Times “Opinion” Section, August 16, 2017 by Richard Trumka: On Tuesday, President Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and…
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Strong Unions, Strong Democracy
From yesterday’s New York Times “Opinion” by By Richard Kahlenberg IF the questions that came up during oral argument in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Monday are any guide,…
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Fast-food protests: Dozens of workers are arrested in strike for higher pay
From LA Times September 4 by Shal Li, Tina Susman, and Tony Perry. Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for…
Some Retail Workers Find Better Deals With Unions
From NYT September 7 by Rachel Swarns: By now, the hardships endured by retail workers at clothing stores across New York City are achingly familiar: the frantic scramble to get…
Labor meeting stresses immigration reform, reaches out to non-unions
At one of the largest annual gatherings of union workers nationwide, overtures are being made to reform the labor movement by forming official alliances with non-union progressive causes including that…
Fast food workers walk off jobs and demand living wage, fair treatment
Today fast food workers at several of the nation’s largest chains including McDonald’s and KFC are walking out to draw attention to low-wage jobs, demand better pay for their hard…
NLRB dispute may lead Senate majority to change rules for filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done the unthinkable by proposing rule changes in the Senate to restrict filibusters. The proposed change has been considered before by both parties…
NYC fast food workers stage walk out, fighting for rights to unionize
Dozens of fast food workers at some of the country’s largest chains, including McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Domino’s, walked off the job today in a coordinated campaign to highlight low…
Hostess, union fail at negotiations
Hostess announced Tuesday night that it failed to reach a new agreement with BCTWGM, and union officials said the company plans to proceed with shuttering its operations after 82 years…