The L.A. local of hotel and restaurant workers settles a contract dispute, but reserves the right to strike if ICE appears at Friday’s kickoff.
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Prop. D was backed by labor unions to help close the city deficit. But Mayor Daniel Lurie and the Chamber of Commerce opposed it.
San Francisco’s ‘Overpaid CEO’ tax measure fails, a smarting loss for city unions
Last week, Durham Pride in the UK went ahead bigger than ever, after the Durham County Council, controlled by the hyper-conservative Reform UK, completely pulled its funding. Rather than quietly ...
The post Hiraeth: Why The 40-Year Solidarity Between Welsh Miners & LGBTQIA+ People Means So Much appeared first on Star Observer.
People are shocked to find out how much delivery drivers make.
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The CEO tax measure is merely losing by less after Thursday's release of another 15,000 ballots.
Election update: Overpaid CEO tax continues to bleed votes in most recent ballot drop
Seven Republicans have joined every House Democrat to bring pro-union legislation to the floor next week.
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Tax fatigue, low trust in government, and an aggressive “no” campaign may end up tanking a parcel tax sought by Oakland’s unions and the mayor.
The U.S. suffers from a mass exodus of primary care doctors, as medical practice is dictated by corporate masters at the expense of physicians and patients.
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House Bill 1005 would have abolished a requirement in the Colorado Labor Peace Act that 75% of workers at a company sign off before unions can negotiate with businesses over union dues
With a union vote looming, United Wizards of the Coast faces classic union busting from the tabletop industry’s largest company.
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts are tired of being taken advantage of, and are thus diverging from the long-term trend in the USA away from worker unions. Drivers for Uber and Lyft in The Baked Bean State have decided to combine forces for better pay and conditions by unionizing, ... [continued]
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Under a recently enacted state law, independent contractors can bargain collectively—and now, they will.
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After failing to gut a bill that legalized collective bargaining for state and local government workers, she opted to veto it.
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Ahead of a union vote of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team, Wizards of the Coast has been sending letters to workers full of tired anti-union talking points
Oakland’s mayor and public sector unions are sparring with business interests and civic groups over the $34 million proposal for police, illegal dumping, and homeless services.
Cameron Seip describes his job as being a connector. As the executive director of Mo-Kan LECET — the Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust — he tries to make “connections that make sense” among union workers, contractors, developers and governments. All so the union members and contractors he represents are able to […]
The contract kicks off a Trump administration plan to track workers at the Social Security Administration and Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
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Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.
In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights.
Not metaphorically: As retail violence rises, wearable emergency alert ‘panic buttons’ are moving from niche security tools to a potential frontline safety standard for store employees
Psychonauts studio, Double Fine, is set to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
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The Psychonauts developer is the latest Microsoft studio to unionize
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The science museum announced last Tuesday that it plans to lay off 53 employees. Its union could stand in the way.
Cal Academy wants to lay them off. They’re coming into work anyway.
UK staff of Google's AI research lab hope to block the use of the company's artificial intelligence models in military settings.
The independent from Nebraska is taking a second run at the U.S. Senate, against an even more appropriate opponent for his working class-vs.-billionaires message.
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In 2024-2025, unionized educators saw significant pay improvements due to collective bargaining.
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Unions join community groups in planning marches, walkouts and economic actions on May 1 as a show of worker power ahead of the midterm elections.
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