Labor News

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-honkfor.jpg

Fight for $15 comes to Palm Coast, Florida

In one of Florida's newer retiree communities, activists rallied in support of the national day of action for Fight for $15. 

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-unnamed-52.jpg

Thousands across the nation march in “Fight For 15 NOW!” picketlines

"It is important to raise the wages for all of us: on payday workers may be able to pay the rent but can't pay for food."

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-unnamed-49.jpg

Report details retirement insecurity for workers, decadent pensions for CEOs

It results from the persistent demand by CEOs that all wealth get deposited in their pockets.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-fightfor15ap520x315.jpg

Fast food workers wage biggest-ever strike Nov. 10

Fast-food workers will wage their biggest-ever strike Tuesday - one year from Election Day - with walkouts hitting a record 270 cities from Detroit to Denver. 

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-poultryplant520x320.jpg

Campaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers

Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-nocuys.jpg

Fifty professors arrested at City University of New York protest

"The future of our students' education is at stake. Our action today is part of a long struggle for racial and educational justice."

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-califfforfifteen530x300.jpg

Rallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10

Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-unnamed56.jpg

Retired Teamsters slammed by budget bill

Thousands of retired Teamsters have been blasted this month by major cuts to their pensions.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-elsiuper.jpg

El Super workers continue fighting after 720 days with no contract

El Super market workers continued their fight for a fair contract with hundreds demonstrating last week.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-taxidriver535x325.jpg

NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize

Taxi drivers, like millions of other such exploited workers nationwide, are not "independent contractors" but are really employees.

15 6 7 8 968