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Congressional Staffers Are Holding Their First-Ever Union Vote
Staffers for Rep. Andy Levin are the first congressional workers to vote on unionization.
Unionized Boston Starbucks Workers Celebrate Win After 64-Day Strike
Management conceded to workers’ main demand after they picketed 24 hours a day for two months, workers say.
Sanders to Democrats: If You Support Progressive Policies, “You Win Elections”
“If Democrats are going to do well in 2022, in my view, they’ve got to stand up very firmly for working families.”
Philadelphia Home Depot Workers File to Form Company’s First Ever Retail Union
Workers have filed a petition to cover 274 employees at what will likely be the company’s first-ever store union.
Minor League Baseball Players Are Unionized for the First Time in History
Minor league players currently only make an average of about $12,000 per season, which is close to the poverty line.
15,000 Minnesota Nurses Wage Largest Private Sector Nurses’ Strike in US History
The nurses say that dangerous working conditions and understaffing are making it hard for them to provide adequate care.
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Ban Anti-Union “Right-to-Work” Laws
Warren said “right-to-work” laws have “only one goal: destroy unions and discourage workers from organizing.”
“Billionaires Have Got to Go”: Labor Activists March to Bezos’s NYC Penthouse
The march then went to New York’s Times Square, which one speaker said is the “heart of capitalism.”
On Labor Day, Let’s Celebrate 2022 as a Pivotal Year for Independent Unions
The self-organization of workers marks a sea change from the way the labor movement has traditionally operated.
“Tell the Oligarchs They Cannot Have It All” Sanders Tells UK’s Striking Workers
“There is no success, no justice, without struggle. They are never going to give it to you,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.