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Trump’s Paid Leave Proposal Could Be Inaccessible to Low-Income Workers
Letting states create their own programs would likely produce stark disparities in the scope of coverage across states.
Facing Skyrocketing Rents, Santa Cruz Grad Students Go on Strike
Grad student workers went on a wildcat grading strike in December and began a full strike on February 10.
House Passes Bill to Dramatically Strengthen the Power of Unions
The legislation would expand organizing rights to more workers and strengthen the right to strike.
It’s Time to Shorten the American Workweek
A shorter workweek requires a radical reimagining of how we conceive of work.
Coronavirus Highlights Need for Paid Sick Leave in the US
Staying home when sick isn't possible for workers employed in a tough-it-out workplace culture without paid sick leave.
Nearly Eight Thousand Hospital Workers Strike in Seattle
Thousands of hospital workers in the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle walked out January 28 on a three-day strike.
Paraeducators Join the National Uprising of School Employees
Paraeducators are taking an active role in the Brookline Educators Union in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Women Perform 12.5 Billion Hours of Unpaid Labor Every Day
If compensated for the care work they perform, women worldwide would be owed $10.8 trillion.
Workers Shut Down the Louvre. The French Labor Strike Is Here to Stay.
The working class is in an uproar against Macron’s attacks on retirement benefits and they will not back down.
DoorDash Drivers Make an Average of $1.45 an Hour, Analysis Finds
DoorDash has created a deceptive pay model in which workers appear to be making a decent wage on paper.