LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Workers at the Kaiser Permanente health-care network protested in several Western cities Sept. 2, with arrests for civil disobedience in Los Angeles, Oakland, and Sacramento, California. More than
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Newsroom staff at the Arizona Republic handed in cards on Sept. 4 stating that they want to be represented by The NewsGuild-CWA. The Republic‘s management has been hostile to the organizing
CHESTERTON, Ind.—Building-trades unions and contractors in northwest Indiana have united in a campaign to outlaw construction companies hiring workers as “independent contractors.” So far, five communities in the region have
New York, NY – In July of 2019, Carolyn Ernau learned that her husband, Robert (Robby), had Stage 4 melanoma (skin cancer). Carolyn and Robby have four young children and reside in Riverdale, in the
ATLANTA, GA. – Communications Workers of America has finalized a tentative agreement with AT&T Southeast. The new five-year agreement includes wage increases of 13.25%, pension and 401(k) plan enhancements, and
WASHINGTON—Eugene Scalia, the nation’s most prominent denier that repetitive-strain injuries are valid, was formally nominated to be Secretary of Labor Aug. 27. The son of the late Supreme Court Justice
National Report from Washington–A monthly Series exclusive to LaborPress In campaign 2020 and in governing, Democrats and Republicans alike appear to be making the same fatal mistake that Hillary Clinton
LOS ANGELES, Ca. – Gabrielle Carteris and Camryn Manheim have been chosen by SAG-AFTRA’s national membership to fulfill the respective roles of president and secretary-treasurer. Ballots for the national offices election
Part 2 of a two-part series on labor issues in Texas. AUSTIN, Tex.—“Texas isn’t a state now where people just live out on the prairie with the tumbleweeds driving by,”
MONACA, Pa.—Workers building a Royal Dutch Shell petrochemical plant were warned that their pay would be docked if they didn’t show up for President Donald Trump’s Aug. 16 speech at
