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On May Day, Let’s Link the Rising Labor Revolts to Community Struggles
Starbucks and Amazon workers have given us hope. Let’s be optimistic in our organizing and link our struggles together.
SEIU Members Are Voting to Strike in Los Angeles. Here’s Why.
SEIU Local 721 represents 95,000 members, which includes social service workers, nurses, librarians, and more.
On May Day, Let’s Make Bold Demands for Democracy at Work and in the Streets
People in Los Angeles are launching a “municipalist movement” on May 1 with the aim of democratizing U.S. cities.
Sanders Warns Democrats: Back Union Movement Now or Face Defeat This Fall
“To turn your back on the working class, in general, is political suicide,” he said in a new interview.
Amazon Call Center Workers in Costa Rica Send Support to Amazon Union in US
“This is how change and revolutions begin,” reads one message from an Amazon worker in Costa Rica.
149 Democrats Demand More Cash for Underfunded Labor Board as Union Push Spreads
The NLRB’s field staff has been cut in half over the past 20 years as it's faced budget shortfalls.
Delta Announces It Will Pay Flight Attendants During Boarding Amid Union Push
The change “shows that Delta could have been paying Flight Attendants for boarding all along,” the union wrote.
Sanders Calls on Biden to Invite Starbucks, Amazon Union Workers to White House
“Biden has talked more about unions than any other president in my lifetime,” Sanders said. “But talk is not enough.”
Starbucks May Soon Face Legal Consequences for Union Busting
An injunction from the labor board seeks to reinstate workers that it finds were illegally fired for being pro-union.
GOP States Gutting Unemployment Didn’t Bring Workers Back Faster, Study Shows
A “meaningful” number of Americans suffered as a result of unemployment cuts, said one of the authors of the study.