Despite decades of attacks, workers and unions continue to organize and bargain to improve their workplaces and communities. Workers also are engaging in innovative forms of organizing - and transforming their organizations - to build power in the face of new challenges.
Imagine paying $40,000 per year to attend a university, asking a faculty member for a letter of recommendation, and finding out the letter will come not from a “.edu” address associated with the school, but from an AOL account the professor maintains to write restaurant reviews and buy vintage concert posters online
It has been 9 months since approximately 450 CWA members of CWA 7200 & 7250 that have been working without a contract at AT&T.
James would like the public to keep in mind that federal employees are devoted workers “I don't know anywhere else in the world where employees show up for duty and not get a paycheck. They are dedicated individuals. ”
Shortly before National Grid locked out 1,250 gas workers across Massachusetts in June 2018, David Monahan, a National Grid residential service technician for more than 9 years, was diagnosed with a cancerous bladder tumor.
Many are reporting that membership is holding steady, or even increasing. That’s thanks in large part to protective measures enacted in blue states, as well as proactive membership organizing by unions themselves.
A Trump administration plan could mean reduced service and higher postage for at least half of all ZIP codes.
Construction workers called on Lennar Homes and other developers to end labor trafficking, child labor, and other abuses endemic in the construction industry.
As the holiday package rush heats workers rallied last Friday to draw attention to failed negotiations on critical issues.
An alliance of social movements and members of Congress are proposing a Green New Deal to create millions of jobs by putting Americans to work making a climate-safe economy.
Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South