…Eliscu, “on a good day, temperatures [are] around 90 degrees.” Many commercial kitchens’ temps regularly reach above 100. Workers become dizzy, can feel as if they are going to pass…
…Manhattan, had unionized, and now Patagonia workers at a store in Reno, Nevada, have followed their lead, seeking the wages and benefits they deserve. They have voted to join United…
…rights, workers can ask a question or file a complaint starting July 1 online at nyc.gov/workers or by contacting 311. Vilda Vera Mayuga is the Commissioner for the NYC Department…
Bechtel Corp, a provider of engineering, construction, and project management services, has committed $7 million dollars to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The construction industry has one of the…
…Patrick McGrory, who was returning home after a shift at the hospital, heard Scott’s cries for help and came running from two subway cars away. Dr. McGrory is a Pediatric…
…a “ho”. In Florida, chain gangs wear black-and-white striped uniforms and work with their ankles shackled. Although many of America’s biggest corporations make billions off their labor, the prisoners are…
A new contract for commercial building service workers was overwhelmingly approved by members of 32BJ SEIU. 20,000 office cleaners voted on the contract with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor…
…workers to organize and a process to achieve collective bargaining agreements on a store-by-store basis. Read the full story by Daniel Weissner for Reuters, published February 27, 2024, here: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/starbucks-us-union-agree-form-framework-organizing-bargaining-2024-02-27/…
…take control of the unnamed union and its health-care benefit program. The effort began in 2001, when Ricciardo and a cousin threatened the union official and his family with lethal…
…Reps. John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, and Ed Koch. Ben Kearney is a Policy Analyst and Writer at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change. Robert Weiner Ben Kearney…
