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New Organizing Model Helps Build Worker Power Among the Unorganized During COVID
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is training workers and helping them organize in non-unionized workplaces.
Independent Musicians Build Solidarity Amid Pandemic by Forming Nationwide Union
The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) is seeking systemic shifts industry-wide regardless of genre.
When Black Movements Win, Everybody But the 1 Percent Wins
All workers should join the Black freedom struggle, not just as “allies” but as partners in rebellion.
UPS and Postal Service Workers Struggle With COVID and High Volume
The stresses of the pandemic and holiday season for these workers have thrown into relief the need to build union power.
Companies Took $1.8 Billion to Save Jobs and Laid Off 90,000 Workers Anyway
Businesses that don’t rehire all their workers may have to pay back the loans plus 1 percent interest.
2020 Saw Resurgence of Strikes as a Key Tactic for Labor Around the World
While this year catalyzed a historic strike wave, it also exposed the labor movement’s internal divisions.
Frontline Warehouse Workers Are Worried They’ll Be Passed Over for COVID Vaccine
Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine.
Warren Urges Raise in Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour for Federal Contract Workers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others say President-elect Joe Biden should meet this demand on day one.
OSHA Is Helping Employers Get Away With Underreporting Health Care Worker Deaths
Workplace safety regulators have taken a lenient stance toward employers during the pandemic.
Many Workers at Largest Corporations in US Depend on Federal Benefits to Survive
Walmart and McDonald's depend on taxpayers to subsidize the income of many workers because their wages are so low.