Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on labor issues in Texas. AUSTIN, Tex.—“I feel like we’re on the cusp of achieving some measurable political power that
MILWAUKEE, WI – AFGE members working at the Milwaukee Veterans Administration are under attack by anti-union forces at the federal government. AFGE members have documented shocking accounts of measures that the
WASHINGTON, DC — “While children in Mississippi were at their first day of school, their parents were being rounded up by the government. Those kids came home ready to talk about
WASHINGTON, DC – AFT President Randi Weingarten Tells Walmart to stop selling guns or “we’ll stop shopping in your stores”. Weingarten sent a strong letter to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
CONCORD, N.H.—New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a bill Aug. 9 that would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10 next year and $12 in
FOREST, Miss.—Federal immigration raids on a Mississippi poultry-processing plant Aug. 7 left many children homeless and unattended in this town of about 6,000 people. In a massive operation that seized
Brooklyn, NY – The latest round of deadly mass shootings and sweeping ICE raids on poor working families this week have, once again, laid racism bare, while also underscoring trade
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general concluded Aug. 5 that the Trump administration violated federal budget laws when it decided to relocate 550 workers from Washington to Kansas City—but
DENVER, Colorado – The Denver City Council office staff are now members of Teamsters Local 17. “We want to have salary protections and an above-standard sexual harassment policy,” said Galia Halpern of
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Large influential corporations that aim to violate workers’ rights or defraud consumers hire Eugene Scalia. Scalia has built a career on being a top gun for anti-worker, anti-union corporations.
