ENR Honors Iron Workers’ Vicki O’Leary for Groundbreaking Work in Improving Safety and Diversity Washington, DC – Engineering News-Record (ENR) named Iron Workers (IW) General Organizer for Safety and Diversity Vicki
Chicago, Illinois – About 100 musicians in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have traded their instruments for picket signs, striking to demand a contract that protects their pension plan and provides
A group of dentists spent their lunch hour on a picket line Feb. 27 — to let members of the public know they want a fair contract. Multnomah County, Oregon
AUGUSTA, Me.—The Maine House Committee on Labor and Housing heard testimony March 18 on six bills that would roll back the minimum-wage increase the state’s voters enacted in 2016. One
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Gig-economy companies like Uber and Handy have allied with corporate and far-right lobbyists to get their definition of “independent contractor” enshrined in law—and protect them from having to
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—The Maryland General Assembly voted March 20 to pass a bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 to $15 an hour over then next seven years.
MADISON, Wisc.—For the second time in a week, a Wisconsin judge has ruled that laws the Republican-dominated legislature passed in a lame-duck session last December to strip power from incoming
Philadelphia, PA – UPS Teamsters in Philadelphia long critical of General President James P. Hoffa’s leadership and most recently, ratification of the Small Package National Master Agreement last fall, will
Washington, DC — “Sen. Harris’ plan is a bold, smart, strategic and decisive proposal that will help make teaching a respected profession by paying teachers a living wage, while incentivizing diversity
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis has asked local school officials to turn over the names of teachers who called in sick on the days that sickouts forced them to
