Stories Tagged as
Labor movement
Salvadoran janitors fight for better wages, supporting families here and abroad
Apr 22, 2024
Immigrants from El Salvador clustered in major cities often work demanding, low-paying jobs that are hard to fill — like janitors.
UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike
Jul 25, 2023
The Teamsters called the tentative agreement “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative.” It includes, among other benefits, higher wages and air conditioning in delivery trucks.
Why so many workers are going on strike these days
Jun 28, 2023
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the number of workers who went on strike increased almost 50% last year, compared to 2021.
Film and TV choreographers are organizing their own union
May 31, 2023
They want the residuals and better working conditions other guilds have obtained for members.
Understanding the civil rights movement as a labor and economic movement
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Feb 23, 2023
Legalized segregation was an economic system that determined people’s livelihoods, says history professor Robin D.G. Kelley.
Gen Z is the most pro-union generation
Jan 3, 2023
Many young workers have witnessed the effects of economic crises and are struggling with the gap between their wages and the cost of living.
Crisis at Christmas: Strikes disrupt the U.K. during the festive season
Dec 29, 2022
During a wave of industrial unrest, triggered by the cost of living crisis, striking workers voice their discontent from the picket line.
For public good, not for profit.
Federal agency that oversees unions will get first funding boost in a decade
Dec 28, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board's resources have been stretched thin at a time when union organizing is surging.
SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry on the Fight for $15’s 10-year anniversary
Nov 28, 2022
“What gives me hope is something that seemed impossible in 2012 is now very possible,” Henry told Marketplace.
Panel will set wages and conditions for 500,000 California fast food workers
Sep 5, 2022
The approach is rare in the U.S., but common in other industrialized countries.