May 14th 2021
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It’s time the labor movement embraces abolition: for the sake of its membership and in order to create the world it wants to build. Labor can’t realize its goals without abolishing prisons and prison abolitionists can’t build the world we need without a strong...
The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Biden’s Labor Department is likely to resort to Executive Action to implement his labor agenda should Republicans retain control of the Senate. Candidate Biden promised to empower American workers, raise the...
On the first night of the Republican National Convention, multiple speakers took to the stage to highlight President Trump’s actions to help the American economy. One of those speakers, Donald Trump Jr., spoke about the President’s quick and decisive actions to...
The Transportation Trades Department (TTD), a coalition of labor unions representing transportation workers, has formally asked that the U.S. Department of Transportation issue an emergency rule that both orders passengers to wear masks “covering the nose and mouth...
As the country celebrates 'improved' rates of employment, many states restrict unemployment benefit eligibility. The Virginia Employment Commission has suspended the employment benefits of over 12,000 claimants who refuse to return to work as restrictions on...
New York has started manufacturing its own hand sanitizer in an effort to save costs amid widespread shortages and price gouging as fears over a coronavirus outbreak spread. It will produce 100,000 gallons per week and distribute it to state run agencies and...
Yesterday a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unanimously concluded that the Board lacked jurisdiction over a labor dispute arising out of operations at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Carriers at O’Hare contract with outside...
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will likely join the 2020 presidential race today, amid stories depicting her tyrannical style of workplace management. Klobuchar’s habits as a boss have marred her efforts to launch her campaign and distinguish herself in an...
In Boston, Unite Here Local 26 and Marriott have struck a deal, ending an historic 46-day strike. Saturday afternoon the workers ratified the new contract in a 677-9 vote. Terms remain undisclosed, but union representatives indicate that workers now have more...
Graduate student workers at Georgetown University voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE), an AFT affiliate. Following an agreement reached between the union and the university, the election was overseen by the...
Elon Musk, Tesla, Inc.’s CEO, has been no stranger to scrutiny. But a recent appearance on a radio show has exacerbated concerns that Musk is unfit to lead the automobile company, all while infuriating lower-level workers who have been held to far higher standards...
The prison strike enters day nine, as the estimated 900,000 incarcerated laborers (out of a population of 2.4 million) demand “an immediate end to prison slavery.” Sarah Holder of City Lab, quoting ACLU National Prison Project’s David Fathi, breaks down the cold...