Washington, DC — “What’s Disgusting…Union-Busting!” The Build Back Better Act, passed by the House Nov. 19 by a 220-213 party-line vote, would sharply increase fines for employers who illegally retaliate
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Parents are complaining that New York City’s school-bus system is experiencing severe problems with lateness and a lack of drivers on routes that transport children with special needs.
Helena, MT.—On Nov. 6, a group of volunteers launched a Web page called the Union-Busting Tracker to post examples of union-busting. Eleven days later, they’d listed 180 separate cases, naming
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The City Council on Nov. 10 overwhelmingly passed a bill to regulate so-called “body shops,” labor brokers who supply low-wage workers to nonunion construction jobs. The vote was
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Striking workers at Mercy Hospital here have reached a tentative deal to end their five-week-old strike, the Communications Workers of America [CWA] and Catholic Health System announced on the
New York, NY – At 4:03 in the afternoon on Nov. 3, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance [NYTWA] posted a brief but exultant message on Twitter. “BREAKING NEWS: 2 words:
SCRANTON, Pa.—Fed up after working more than four years without a raise and being under a state-imposed austerity regime that eliminated pre-kindergarten, some 800 teachers in Scranton, Pennsylvania went on
Buffalo, NY – A possible hospital strike in Rochester was averted Oct. 29 when two SEIU unions reached a tentative contract deal, but the month-old walkout at Mercy Hospital of
Los Angeles, Calif.—The Biden administration’s proposed emergency workplace vaccine rules are essential to protect people from employers indifferent to their safety, three “essential workers” said Oct. 28. The COVID-19 epidemic
WASHINGTON—Passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act would be a huge step toward reducing discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers, says the head of the AFL-CIO’s LGBTQ
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