The union is demanding that UC bring more jobs back in-house and focus on recruiting, training, and retaining Black workers, a UC workforce demographic that has shrunk over time
The Massachusetts hospital lobby spent upwards of $30 million to drum up fear and confusion in a campaign that strongly resembled an anti-union drive
The union charges Uber with cynically pitting communities of color against one another
Interview on the role of unions, the challenges posed by automation and āthe revolt of the caring classesā
The brutal and wildly unpopular Trump administration policy that separated thousands of children from their immigrant parents triggered widespread protests. It also…
How West Virginia Activists Organized a Solidarity Fund for the Uprising
The negotiable issues vary by state, but contracts could potentially limit class size, lock in wage scales and health benefits, limit standardized tests, define the evaluation and tenure process, and establish protections against arbitrary discipline
āThe people down here are hard working and we donāt quit. You push us back two steps and we will fight back and take four. We wonāt go away. We wonāt give up”
In the tumultuous 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the country ā and employers launched a fierce counter-attack
A small victory at Volkswagen is likely to be stripped from the union by the D.C. Circuit Court and Trump-stacked National Labor Relations Board.
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