L.A. School Workers Set One-Day Strike for May 15
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District workers will hold a 24-hour strike May 15, SEIU Local 99 announced May 5. The union, which represents bus drivers,
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District workers will hold a 24-hour strike May 15, SEIU Local 99 announced May 5. The union, which represents bus drivers,
New York, NY – On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, California Lt. Governor Candidate Gayle McLaughlin talks about the upcoming race and the ongoing fight against corporate control; SAG-AFTRA
Republicans are continuing to attack the Davis-Bacon Act and its legal prevailing wage pay structure on federally funded projects. The 86-year-old Davis-Bacon Act mandates that local prevailing wages are paid
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Beer-truck drivers on strike for three weeks are urging Twin Cities consumers and bars to boycott 14 brands of scab-delivered beer, including Miller, Heineken, Guinness, and longtime local brand
GODERICH, Ontario—About 350 workers at the Compass Minerals salt mine went on strike Apr. 27 after they failed to reach a contract deal with the mine’s U.S.-based owners. According to
DOVER, N.H.—Workers at the New Hampshire Electric Co-op are poised to go on strike this week, after management gave them a “last, best, final” contract offer May 1 that would
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—In a ruling one labor-side lawyer called “an earthquake, a seismic shift,” the California Supreme Court on Apr. 30 drastically revised its standard about when employers can classify workers
SAN JUAN, P.R.—As teachers and other workers in Puerto Rico went on strike to protest privatization May 1, police in San Juan fired tear-gas shells at student protesters in the
SCRANTON, Pa.—Two local hospitals have locked out nurses for four days after they staged a 24-hour strike Apr. 25. When registered nurses at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton showed up
TRENTON, NJ – Organized labor marked a major victory in New Jersey as Governor Phil Murphy signed a statewide Earned Sick Days policy into law. The result is that over one