…deadly toxic waste pits poisoning land, air, water and 30,000 indigenous people who inhabit the Lago Agrio rainforest area, 60% of whom are mired in poverty. Ironically, Chevron got the…
…nearly 100 new billionaires between March 2020 and March 2021. Worldwide, the figure approached nearly 500. All told, the world’s super-rich stuffed another $5.5 trillion into their already bloated multi-trillion…
Los Angeles, CA – Fran Drescher is now the new president of SAG-AFTRA after besting Matthew Modine in a highly contentious election that highlighted two warring factions within the roughly…
…agreement begins retroactively on August 1, 2021 and expires on July 28, 2024. Key provisions of the contract include: Pay increases for actors and stage managers that provide long-term financial…
…patient. Many of the nurses are still physically and mentally challenged post COVID and still can’t go back to work. There are members that witnessed the loss of human life,…
…members directly from the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute (SMOHIT) to ensure their personal safety. Early on SMART also established a supply chain for KN 95 masks. LP: Has the…
…the whole family. “Our healthcare is horrible,” she adds. Under Warrior Met, workers pay 20% of costs, and there’s a $750 deductible for each family member, rather than one overall…
…running the hospital with a mix of about 100 staff nurses and temporarily hired strikebreakers, threatened to replace strikers permanently. Talks halted for several weeks, but resumed July 9. That…
…benefits [for crying out loud, they’re shooting themselves into outer space]. What they absolutely can’t afford, however, is to lift their boots off our necks. Not even a little bit….
New York, NY – Dynamic activist and long-time labor organizer, Kathy (Enriqueta) Andrade, passed away on Friday, July 2, 2021, just shy of her 89th birthday. Arriving from El Salvador…
