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Charlotte Airport Workers Strike Ahead of Thanksgiving
The employees are demanding “an end to poverty wages and respect on the job during the holiday travel season.”
Food Service Workers Can’t Afford to Eat the Food They Serve
Food workers are over twice as likely to be food insecure than workers in other sectors of the economy.
10,000 Michigan Nurses to Join Teamsters After Largest Union Election in Years
The campaign was a response to staff cuts and unsafe practices after local hospitals were bought out by a conglomerate.
In Unexpected Move, Trump Taps Pro-Union Republican to Lead Labor Department
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been one of the lone Republican supporters of the PRO Act and other pro-worker legislation.
Unionized Letter Carriers Organize for Better Than Meager 1.3 Percent Raise
One analysis found that postal workers had fallen farther behind inflation than any other job it analyzed.
Federal Labor Board Rules Against Anti-Union “Captive Audience” Meetings
Although the NLRB’s ruling is a step forward for workers, it could be undone by the incoming Trump administration.
Boeing Workers Ratify Contract With 43.65 Percent Wage Increase Over 4 Years
It also includes a ratification bonus, as well as improved retirement and health care benefits, and overtime rules.
USPS Overhaul Threatens to Dismantle National Postal Service
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s modernization plan may cost thousands of jobs and slow mail across the country.
Paid Sick Leave Is on the Ballot in 3 States
The measures have received broad support, though not from the meatpacking plants whose workers stand to gain the most.
Project 2025 Uses Parental Rights to Justify Repealing Child Labor Protections
The far right blueprint for the next Republican president seeks to make a major change to federal child labor law.