Category: Labor
Teamster History Hits The Big Screen (Again)
Peter Olney: New California Regulations Strengthen Workers in Ride Share IndustryFor several decades, corporations have sought to undermine labor rights by turning more employees into “independent” workers, foregoing any responsibility for paying Social Security, unemployment compensation, workers compensation or other benefits like vacation and sick time
The next president should harness the energy of working people and build political power for a transformation agenda for working people who have not gotten a real raise in decades
Bobbi Murray: The Trump NLRB’s Anti-Labor DayThe National Labor Relations Board is not just changing workplace rules but reversing longstanding precedents
Rebecca Burns: 5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor DayWith approval of unions at a 15-year high, and a wave of labor militancy on the rise, working people have plenty to celebrate
Dave Jamieson: Americans’ Approval of Labor Unions Reaches 16-Year HighMembership in labor unions in the U.S. may be on a long, downward slide, but the share of Americans who view unions favorably continues to increase
Finn Collom: We Need Real Plans to Build Worker PowerElizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have far-reaching proposals to give workers something even more important than money: power
Julian Routh: Bernie Sanders picks up union endorsementVermont senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders picked up the endorsement of the Pittsburgh-based United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America on Monday
Shaun Richman: A Union in Every WorkplaceWhere Bernie Sanders’ labor platform is most exciting is its proposal for new workers’ rights and forms of union representation that transcend the National Labor Relations Board framework of enterprise-based contract bargaining
A new report offers recommendations for state policymakers looking to strengthen the backbone of the care economy — the direct care workers themselves