San Jose, California – Twenty-two percent of McDonald’s workers reported they went to work feeling sick during the COVID-19 pandemic because of a lack of paid sick leave, fear of
Washington, DC – Seven leading labor unions, representing millions of working people across the country, have blasted the Trump Administration for skirting payroll requirements in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
New York, NY – Frontline bank workers with multinational financial services giant Wells Fargo are speaking out this week about the lack of Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] and other workplace
Washington, DC – The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) has called on the White House Coronavirus Task Force to offer more protections for meatpacking and food processing workers. In
New York, NY – From shuttered TV and film production, to journalists forced onto unemployment — the media industry has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 epidemic. When performers
Multiple American companies made the cut this year for the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s list of 2020 “Dirty Dozen” employers. The Special Coronavirus Edition highlights how the
New York, NY – Four months into the coronavirus crisis and low-wage workers on the front lines and those caring for our most vulnerable populations nationwide are still not getting
New York, NY – The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing havoc in the clean energy sector as job losses amounted to over 100,000 just in March and is expected to
New York, NY – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing), this week, introduced the COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act to prolong and retroactively authorize the extension of work permits to
Compiled by the AFL-CIO on April 15, 2020 and will be periodically updated. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States, our sisters, brothers and friends in the labor movement are
