NC Truck Workers Reach Deal with Daimler
By Jack Ewing The United Automobile Workers reached an 11th-hour deal on Friday, April 26 with Daimler Truck in North Carolina that gave workers 25 percent raises over the next four years and averted a…
By Jack Ewing The United Automobile Workers reached an 11th-hour deal on Friday, April 26 with Daimler Truck in North Carolina that gave workers 25 percent raises over the next four years and averted a…
in 57 German Cities By Berit Ehmke and Yanira Wolf Public transit workers across Germany have broken new ground by coordinating our contracts—nearly all of them nationwide have expired over the last four months—and shutting…
Solidarity in tapestry for Volkswagen workers Commentary by Tabitha Arnold Last weekend, I brought my new tapestry to the big community rally for Volkswagen workers ahead of their much-anticipated union vote. Just minutes before I…
An interview with Les Leopold By Matt Taibbi In late February a new book by journalist Paul Waldman and University of Maryland professor Thomas Schaller, White Rural Rage, hit the bookshelves. The book was a…
A Multi-Pronged Attack on Workers By Rebecca Gordon Recently, you may have noticed that the hot weather is getting ever hotter. Every year the United States swelters under warmer temperatures and longer periods of sustained…
By Kate Andrias Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated U.S. labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several…
Workers in the South? By FLOC Media At 7:30 a.m. workers begin filing into the large tin building, surrounded by heavy machinery and pallets stacked high. Tucked away amongst sweet potato farms in rural North…
By Jessica Corbett Democrats in Congress and unions were among those applauding in early January as the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule to provide guidance on when employers can treat workers as…
By Jacob Horwitz Dilhani worked for six years in a Sri Lankan factory that makes clothes for Nike. She is one of millions of South and Southeast Asian garment workers in Big Fashion companies’ supply…
Demolished Lies About Immigration Commentary by Will Bunch From the day in the mid-2000s when a then-20-year-old Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval crossed the border into America, he never stopped working. The youngest of eight children,…