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Sanders Is Calling Out Centrists on “Simple Moral Issue” of Minimum Wage
In a recent meeting, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reiterated opposition to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s wage bill.
Biden Labor Board Strikes Barrier to Unionization of 1.5 Million Grad Students
Organizers are hoping that the withdrawal of a Trump-era rule rejuvenates unionization efforts among graduate students.
How Union Activists Pushed Congress to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Pensions
Teamsters organized to win $86 billion from Congress, as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill.
Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation
A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections.
Garment Workers Win Historic Victory in Effort to Transform Fashion Industry
PayUp is one of the most successful labor rights campaigns in the fashion industry in modern times.
Bernie Sanders Is on a Mission to Tax Billionaire CEOs
Sanders and Warren proposed a bill to raise taxes on corporations that pay CEOs 50 times what they pay average workers.
Amazon Is Hiring Aggressive Firms to Bust Union Efforts
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos declined Bernie Sanders’s invitation to a Senate Budget Committee hearing on inequality today.
Spain Plans to Begin Experimenting With a Four-Day Workweek
Employees would work 32 hours per week, with no reduction in pay.
OSHA Performed Half as Many Workplace Inspections in 2020 Compared to 2019
Despite receiving more complaints, the agency performed 50 percent fewer inspections. Some of them were done remotely.
Bernie Sanders Calls Jeff Bezos to Testify Before Senate About Income Inequality
The hearing will feature testimony from a pro-union Amazon employee as Alabama Amazon workers vote on union formation.