WASHINGTON—With in-person voting hampered by social distancing, a group of 14 major labor unions is urging Congress to direct the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] to develop procedures for electronic
GREEN BAY, Wisc.—Meatpacking plants have become one of the nation’s major hot spots for COVID-19 infections in small cities and rural areas. In the last month, hundreds of workers have
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 130,000 workers deemed “essential” during the COVID-19 epidemic are facing the specter of deportation—and, with a federal court decision looming on whether the Trump administration can
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than two-thirds of construction workers in two major New York building-trades unions are out of work because of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, officials said Apr. 21. About
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Building-service workers at two luxury buildings in Manhattan and five in New Jersey staged a one-day strike Apr. 16, charging that their employer, the Planned Companies building-services contractor,
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 1,350 people have signed a petition demanding that Uber “stop lying” to drivers and start giving the state Department of Labor the pay information necessary for
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than two-thirds of the nation’s 2.25 million domestic workers have lost their jobs in the coronavirus epidemic, according to a survey released April 8, by the National Domestic
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—From Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse to McDonald’s restaurants in Los Angeles and San Jose, workers at major low-wage employers walked out Apr. 6 to demand stronger protections against
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain promised last month that it would give employees “directly affected” by the COVID-19 coronavirus two weeks paid sick leave—but workers at several
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Less than five hours after workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse and shipping center staged a lunch-hour walkout to protest inadequate virus-safety procedures, one of the main organizers
