Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:19:27 +0000
The work stoppage in memory of George Floyd will be the largest led by West Coast’s most militant union in over a decade.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:49:06 +0000
After learning their store had given free food to police officers during Black Lives Matter protests, some employees at the Whole Foods store in Philadelphia circulated a graphic on social media asking customers to call and complain.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:29:53 +0000
A new national survey finds that Black workers are more likely to work under repressive and dangerous conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 20:53:35 +0000
The motivations for the burning of the AFL-CIO office in Washington DC are unclear, but raise questions about how unions associate with police and address their brutality.
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Credit to Author: Jason Koebler| Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 14:27:37 +0000
Organized labor is supporting people who are protesting the police killing of George Floyd.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Kaori Gurley| Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 14:40:35 +0000
Since the 1980s, redemption centers have served as a lifeline for thousands of New York City residents who collect bottles and cans for a living—especially during economic crises.
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Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 12:09:28 +0000
The presentation said unions led to changes that made organizations “less than fully competitive.”
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Credit to Author: Sadie Dupuis| Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 11:42:04 +0000
Sadie Dupuis from Speedy Ortiz and Sad13 is joining artists across the country in pushing for an extension of unemployment benefits and funding for the arts.
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Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 19:43:00 +0000
NYC is passing a series of bills that seek to rein in one of the gig economy’s more lucrative fronts: food delivery.
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Credit to Author: Janus Rose| Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 16:34:45 +0000
The state is reconsidering its policy after a hacker released a script that automatically submits junk data to its ‘COVID-19 fraud’ website, which allows employers to report workers who refuse to work during the pandemic.
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