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UPS workers prepare for historic showdown with corporate giant
In just a few months, the United States may experience a labor struggle the scale of which has not been…
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Workers throughout the South go on strike for health and safety
On April 4, the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) began a strike across the South to demand better, safer…
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Rutgers strike suspended after winning victories through struggle
On April 15, the three faculty unions at Rutgers University suspended their five day strike after a framework for a…
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Graduate workers at Syracuse University vote overwhelmingly to unionize
The two-day election process saw 95% of eligible graduate voters voting to unionize with a final count of 728 for…
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Workers vote to unionize at LGBTQ nightclub in Chicago’s gentrifying Boystown neighborhood
Demands of the union drive included higher wages, increased health benefits, paid sick time, consistency in scheduling and a say…
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Another win for workers as Tesla and Musk lose yet again in federal court
On March 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a finding from the NLRB that Tesla…
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Undergraduate unions sweeping the US
Across the country, undergraduate student workers are unionizing and taking action to demand better pay and working conditions. On March…
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Starbucks’ Howard Schultz testifies on “scorched earth union busting” before Senate
Howard Schultz, board member and former CEO of Starbucks, testified Wednesday the 29th before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and…
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Los Angeles public school workers continue to fight for fair wages in historic 3-day solidarity strike
In a historic show of solidarity, 65,000 public school workers from Service Employees International Union Local 99 and United Teachers…
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Temple University graduate workers enter their second month of strike
“Shame! Shame! Shame!” Since January 31, this has been the message from Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA), AFL-CIO Local…
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