Why Trader Joe’s employees are fighting to unionize
There was a big lie that modern corporations sold to American workers in the late 20th century and into the...
There was a big lie that modern corporations sold to American workers in the late 20th century and into the...
Nine Starbucks workers at three stores in Denver, Colorado, who were fired shortly after their stores voted to unionize allege they were...
A worker at the International Paper mill in Prattville, Alabama, was performing routine maintenance on a paper-making machine in mid-June...
Workers at an Apple store outside Baltimore have formed the tech giant’s first retail union in the U.S., marking another...
As a result of human economic activity, the planet confronts a climate emergency. Bold and conclusive solutions are required to...
For most homeowners in the U.S., it will take roughly eight years to break even on a solar power investment....
As labor uprisings heat up and spread across the country, a group of House Democrats is calling for an increase...
Workers at an Apple store in Atlanta filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday,...
Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York won their election Friday to form the retail giant’s first-ever union in the...
Contracted airport workers—including baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, security officers, and wheelchair agents—in more than 20 U.S. cities staged coordinated demonstrations Wednesday...
Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to...
When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and his allies defend his opposition to parts of President Joe Biden’s economic...
The largest coal miners union in the United States is pushing back against Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) adamant opposition toward...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday addressed a Michigan rally of striking Kellogg’s union workers and their supporters, calling on all...
Amazon was accused Saturday of putting corporate profits above worker safety following the tornado-caused partial collapse of a St. Louis-area...
More than half of workers in the global oil and gas sector say they are interested in pursuing employment in...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just ruled that a historic union vote held earlier this year among Amazon...
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal celebrated Monday’s announcement from the U.S. Labor Department that all federal contract...
The ongoing ravages of Covid-19 last year, and related solar power price inflation, failed to dent the photovoltaic industry’s ability...
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposal to lop $2 trillion off his own party’s social spending and climate agenda would support...
A new analysis released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute finds that CEO pay in the United States rose by...
The Fight for $15 kicked off in November 2012, with a relatively small—yet also historically large—group of New York City...
A report released Friday by Data for Progress and Evergreen Action shows that an infrastructure package with $2.6 trillion in...
A new report finds that the direct relief checks that were sent out as part of the stimulus packages passed...
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor released a less-than-stellar jobs report that sent politicians, economists and leaders in corporate America scrambling for...
As the coronavirus pandemic upended the restaurant industry in March 2020, fast-casual burrito chain Chipotle instituted a 10% “appreciation pay”...
Pushing back on the right-wing narrative about the reason for real or perceived labor shortages in some markets nationwide, progressives...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday plans to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers under federal contracts...
Workers at Solvay’s Pasadena, Texas, plant voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2017 and looked forward to...
Bernie Sanders: I say to the Walton family of Walmart: the American people are sick and tired of subsidizing your...
BESSEMER, Ala. ― The union election taking place at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is exceptional in many ways. With...
With the possibility of getting a more straightforward $15 federal minimum wage increase passed under the reconciliation process as part...
In Alabama — a deeply Republican state known for its anti-union right-to-work laws — Amazon employees are voting on whether...
The idea of raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 from its current $7.25 is broadly popular, a Reuters/Ipsos...
In the latest worker-led national day of action, low-wage fast food, restaurant, and grocery store workers held day-long strikes across...
Time and again over the past few years, as he fought to protect his coworkers at Bobcat’s North Dakota plant,...
President Joe Biden said on Monday that internal combustion cars and trucks in the federal government’s existing vehicle fleet will...
With more than a third of households struggling to afford basic needs such as food and rent, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday urged President-elect Joe Biden to use his executive authority to raise the minimum wage for...
Just weeks away from relinquishing power to incoming President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration is quietly launching a last-minute assault...
Six days after President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified food safety groups...
Pinpointing a reality denounced as “morally obscene” by Sen. Bernie Sanders, a new government study shows how some of the...
The American people have voted to kick President Donald Trump out of the White House, but in its waning weeks,...
ust days after U.S. voters went to the polls to help deny President Donald Trump another four years in the White House,...
One of the greatest side benefits of climate action is that it creates a lot of jobs. Not only that...
With jobless Americans growing increasingly desperate and furious at congressional Republicans for skipping town for summer recess without approving Covid-19 relief, House Speaker Nancy...