July 5th 2022
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A third Amazon warehouse received approval from the NLRB to conduct union elections on Wednesday. The Verge reported that LDJ5, a Staten Island warehouse, joined JFK8 and the Bessemer, Alabama warehouse, in the ongoing efforts to unionize Amazon workers. Labor...
Labor activism and organizing has flourished recently, as the pandemic exacerbated fractures in various industries that jumpstarted organizing. The shockwaves were also felt in childcare, where high costs, low wages, and staffing problems worsened, yet the...
The weekend brought a number of developments in the evolving Senate negotiations over President Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget package. On Sunday evening, the Senate Parliamentarian opined that a measure creating a pathway to citizenship for millions of...
In his first speech to Congress yesterday, President Joe Biden laid out his administration’s sweeping policy agenda, outlined in two major legislative packages delivered to Congress. The latter of the two proposals, dubbed “The American Families Plan” (AFP), was...
It really, truly is infrastructure week this time. Yesterday, President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s $2.5 trillion economic revitalization package, proposing massive new federal investments in transportation infrastructure, broadband,...
Yesterday marked one hundred years since the enactment of the Nineteenth Amendment. Chabeli Carrazana writes on the key role the labor movement played in the fight for women’s suffrage. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was a pivotal moment galvanizing working...
A Florida judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit by Florida teachers challenging the state’s plan to reopen schools amid the pandemic. The suit, filed by the state’s largest teachers’ union, challenges an executive order issued early July by Florida’s education...
Since the pandemic began, declines in workforce participation have proven particularly stark among women. Experts attribute this phenomenon in part to women’s disproportionate representation in service-sector businesses, which have been especially affected by the...
The New York Times published a piece this week reviewing the re-emergence of a conversation about compensating unpaid domestic labor. While showcasing certain policy proposals by campaigning Democratic candidates, it traces the roots of these ideas to both the...
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing college athletes to profit from endorsements—the first of its kind. In a statement, Newsom noted, “Colleges and universities reap billions from these student athletes’ sacrifices and success but block them...
Delta flight attendants and ramp service workers are trying to unionize with the Machinists union. In response, Delta has posted a series of condescending flyers, sparking outrage and mockery from workers and community supporters. One poster stated, “Union dues...