Washington DC – “The U.S Court of Appeals has upheld OSHA’s finding – based on extensive research and expert testimony – that silica dust is significant risk to workers’ health.
DALLAS, Tex.—AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced Dec. 20 that the company will celebrate the passage of the federal tax bill by giving $1,000 bonuses to more than 200,000 employees—but that’s
Saskatchewan, Canada – On December 22nd, A Canadian National (CN) worker died following a workplace accident within the Canadian Transportation System. The accident took place in Melville, Saskatchewan. The worker was a 26 year-old
DULLES, Va.—More than 200 service workers at Dulles Airport outside Washington began a two-day strike Dec. 20 to protest low pay and poor working conditions. “I want to have a
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Drivers at a South Carolina port drayage company have voted to join Teamsters Local 509, the union announced Dec. 13. The 53 drivers at Container Maintenance Corporation Logistics,
WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board has certified Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers Local 2110 as the union representing 3,000 graduate students who work as research and teaching assistants at
WASHINGTON—Government actions and class-action lawsuits recovered almost $2 billion in 2015-16 in wages stolen from workers, according to a study released Dec. 13 by the Economic Policy Institute. The federal
WASHINGTON—An opposition-research firm the Environmental Protection Agency hired to monitor news coverage has been asking the government to give it workers’ emails, including those of two leaders in the union
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—SAG-AFTRA is now receiving at least five complaints a day about sexual harassment, far more than it got before the revelations about film producer Harvey Weinstein’s predatory practices
WASHINGTON—The National Labor Relations Board on Dec. 16 reversed an Obama-era decision that had enabled workers to organize “micro unions” in separate bargaining units within a workplace—such as the United
