…U.S. labor movement. Labor advocates like Devita have heralded the groundbreaking of California’s new Brightline West project between Las Vegas and Los Angeles in April as the beginning of a…
…its tune: hundreds of thousands of dollars per day” for fines among them. Read the full story by Vicki M. Young for Yahoo News, published July 12, 2024, here: https://www.yahoo.com/news/dollar-general-pay-12-million-163000747.htmlguccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHNbKtZGlJFsCdakx-b4oWk1MIIMxbzUZ0iY6rdUK29AOhDl_fMm32VsbQXhUN1WvoRdWkQkj6fSuTR7T5RgyE7xqUWge3dVGDpGikSgptSzNh8LDomZsLhPZs8E4MnDr3_09M_RInBRKr1-celxhhAZji5i5rOlB9HelTnGxZN…
…also say his commitment led to an “industrial renaissance”, specifically in the construction industry, among many others. Read the full story by AFL-CIO News, published July 11, 2024, here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-leadership-unanimously-reaffirms-commitment-re-electing-president-biden-and…
…the Teamsters “continue to support Senate efforts that hold this corporation accountable for its dishonesty and mistreatment of its workers.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published here: https://teamster.org/2024/06/teamsters-to-amazon-stop-ducking-congress/…
…danger of being stripped of their abilities to protect workers. Nancy Hagans, President of NNU, said, “This ruling paves the way for corporate challenges to the actions of the Occupational…
…the job. In the Senate, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Act. Read the full story by Donald Norcross News, published here: https://norcross.house.gov/2024/6/reps-norcross-smith-stevens-and-lawler-introduce-bipartisan-warehouse-worker-protection-act-to-improve-worker-safety-hold-companies-accountable…
…also wants to focus on the 14 million nonunion workers in the service industry, and lead them to unionization. Read the full story by UNITE HERE News, published here: https://unitehere.org/press-releases/gwen-mills-elected-president-of-unite-here-first-woman-to-lead-the-union-in-its-130-year-history/…
…and deaths. A nationwide standard is essential to ensure safe working conditions in the ever-intensifying summer heat.” Read the full story by UFCW News, published July 3, 2024, here: https://www.ufcw.org/press-releases/new-rules-protecting-workers-from-extreme-heat/…
…Region 9 Director Daniel Vicente said of the workers, “They’re a testament to the power of solidarity.” Read the full story by UAW News, published June 29, 2024, here: https://uaw.org/uaw-reaches-historic-agreement-at-bmws-regional-distribution-center-in-the-lehigh-valley/…
…funding, and his support of unions, leading to their across-the-country successes in wins in raises and benefits. Read the full story by AFL-CIO News, published June 27, 2024, here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-president-second-trump-term-corporate-ceos-dream-and-workers-nightmare…
