Aware of the dangers that extreme summer heat in the wake of global climate change is causing severe health hazards for workers, the Biden administration took some steps a few years ago to alleviate the problem. It mandated that workers have regular rest breaks with access to shade, and access to water. Now the Trump […]
In a sharply worded statement, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has blasted the May 9 decision of the US Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act as “an outright attack on the fundamental freedoms of working people.” The Court decision, nullifying Section 2 of the law, has opened the door to widespread gerrymandering of congressional and […]
Nike, the shoe and sneaker giant has been giving workers on two continents the boot. And workers in Asia and Oregon are now kicking back. During the pandemic a few years ago, the sportswear company decided to reduce or cancel orders and lay· off thousands of workers – mostly women – across its supply chains […]
Nike, the shoe and sneaker giant has been giving workers on two continents the boot. And workers in Asia and Oregon are now kicking back. During the pandemic a few years ago, the sportswear company decided to reduce or cancel orders and lay· off thousands of workers – mostly women – across its supply chains […]
In what would be the biggest strike in the history of the University of California, some 80,000 nurses and other health care professionals are planning a two-day strike for Nov. 17-18 over the failure of talks on a new contract. In addition to AFSCME Local 3299 representing health care and custodial workers and CWA Local […]
The joint venture Hyundai and LG Energy plant, currently under construction in Georgia and employing Korean immigrant workers, had a notoriously bad safety record. Two workers, including one Korean, were killed in preventable accidents a few months ago. The company and its subcontractors get away with these conditions because immigrant workers are in a fragile […]
For some videos on recent labor actions, see the AFL-CIO website by clicking the link below. AFL-CIO, 8/27
Nine hundred nurses at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee-Women’s Hospital have voted to unionize after several years of efforts, it as announced this week. The vote for the union was 402-305 and represents a breakthrough in the struggle to unionize one of Pennsylvania’s largest employers. “My coworkers and I are absolutely overjoyed to […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights, according to a union that called the effort illegal. HHS officials confirmed Aug 23 that the department is ending its recognition of unions for a number of employees, and is reclaiming office […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom July 30 signed a law authorizing the State Labor Commissioner to investigate and issue a citation or file a civil action against any employer found guilty of withholding or taking their workers’ tips. Up until now, employees were only able to pursue lengthy civil court actions to recuperate stolen gratuities even though the […]
