New York, NY — Lindsay Dougherty, former recording-secretary for the Teamsters Hollywood Local, has a new role as the international union’s Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division director. The second
WASHINGTON—American labor unions hailed President Joseph Biden’s nomination of federal appeals-court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 25, praising her as a judge who is eminently
New York, NY – Lately, I’ve been noticing more pushback on mental health and wellness-based programs in the workplace. Unfortunately, this kind of resistance is really nothing new. Stigma and
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—With workers at Amazon’s facility in Bessemer, Alabama casting their ballots in the rerun vote on union representation, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Feb. 22 formally
AUSTIN, Texas—Eight states have filed lawsuits to block President Joseph Biden’s April 2021 executive order that set a $15-an-hour minimum wage for federal contractors. The order went into effect for
WASHINGTON—A coalition headed by the AFL-CIO is demanding that soccer’s international governing body set minimum labor standards for the cities hosting the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in
New York, NY – At last count, the Starbucks unionization drive has spread to more than 50 stores in nearly 20 states. While AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler calls the need for
MAPLEWOOD, N.J.—“I might fire you any time for no reason,” retired postal worker Robert Galione recalls his boss telling him, in his son Jay’s documentary The Great Postal Heist, released
New York, NY – On January 30, many were struck by the tragic suicide of 30 year-old television correspondent and 2019 Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst. Kryst’s family released a statement
WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden signed an executive order Feb. 4 under which contractors on large federal construction projects will effectively have to build with union labor. The order requires all contractors
