NEW YORK, N.Y.—A small group of workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse and shipping facility on Staten Island walked off their jobs Mar. 30, demanding that the company shut it down
New York, N.Y.—In a week where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York City multiplied to more than 33,000, three transit workers, a high-school principal, and a parking-meter
WASHINGTON—Leaders of major U.S. unions praised Senate Democrats for blocking a $1.8 trillion economic-stimulus package Mar. 22, calling it a “corporate power grab” that would have done little to help
NEW YORK, N.Y.—With layoffs of airline contract workers expected to surpass 10,000 this week, 32BJ SEIU is demanding that any federal airline bailout include those workers. “We care about three
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A veteran cabbie might say, “there’s no money out there.” With millions of city residents staying in and tourists’ travel curtailed by the coronavirus epidemic, taxi drivers’ incomes
WASHINGTON—Perhaps no industry in the U.S. has been hit harder by the COVID-19 epidemic than hospitality. The UNITE HERE union estimates that 80% to 90% of its 300,000 members in
WASHINGTON, DC – The emergency sick-leave bill now pending in the Senate to help American workers get through the coronavirus epidemic is a good first step but “doesn’t go far
WASHINGTON—With the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. nearing 1,200 on Mar. 11, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) stalled an attempt to expedite a bill that would require employers
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Just after 6 p.m. on March 4, a small cluster of workers emerged from the front door of the Chipotle restaurant on Sixth Avenue and West 21st Street.
AREDO, Tex.—Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.), who last month denounced “union bosses” after voting against landmark labor-rights legislation, narrowly survived a challenge in the Mar. 3 primary from Jessica Cisneros, a
