COMMENTARY: 12 Reasons Labor Should Demand a Green New Deal
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An alliance of social movements and members of Congress are proposing a Green New Deal to create millions of jobs by putting Americans to work making a climate-safe economy.
Inequality at the Center of Chicago Charter School Strikes
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Teachers won the first charter school strike in the U.S. by demanding everything from pay raises to sanctuary for students.
UFCW Local 663 Members approve new 3-year union contract for Brainerd Lakes Grocery Workers
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UFCW Local 663 members ratified a new 3-year contract last Thursday. The contract covers union members at Quisberg’s Cub Foods in Baxter, Brainerd, and Super One in Baxter, as well as Miner’s Super One in Crosby.
How New Governors and State Legislatures can Fight the Trump Administration’s War on Workers
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In A State Agenda for America’s Workers, NELP and EARN outline policies that governors may pursue using their executive authority—for example, through their state labor departments. Others are recommendations for legislative action to protect workers.
Labor Responds to News that Minnesota is Projected to have a $1.5B budget Surplus
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“This surplus is a historic opportunity to invest in the idea that our state can prepare every student for a successful life, no matter their race or where they were born.”
It’s Never ‘Just the Immigrants’
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The targeting of immigrants is intimately linked to a long record of labor repression and civil liberties violations — which eventually target the native-born, too.
A ‘Concrete Christmas’ at the Local 633 Apprenticeship School
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At the Local 633 JATC (Joint Apprenticeship Training Center) future cement masons and plasterers are honing their skills in New Brighton. For the 11th year, the apprentices of Cement Masons, Plasterers & Shophands Local 633 have built a Christmas exhibit in anticipation of their union’s holiday party replicating areas of a small city in their warehouse-sized work area.
“Members and especially retirees love to come to this party, get dinner, see old friends and experience what the apprentices have put together,” Dave Schutta Local 633’s business manager said in the Union Advocate. “They always seem to be amazed. Of course, some guys like to pick things apart a little bit in good fun, but for the most part, everyone seems to appreciate the display and how our apprenticeship program has grown over the years.”
Together, apprentices molded some 40 cubic yards of concrete into a gingerbread house, miniature hockey rink, candy-cane-shaped golf hole and other holiday displays spanning the entirety of the training center’s shop floor.
Citizen Rights Group Call on WI Legislature to “Respect Our Votes”
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Groups like One Wisconsin Now have claimed the last-minute push by the GOP-controlled Legislature to change the upcoming presidential primary date and neuter Gov.-elect Tony Evers influence over his state agencies is an assault on democracy.
The First-Ever National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Was Just Unveiled—And It’s a Game Changer
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The National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) announced a National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to raise wages and labor conditions for workers like Sanluis. The legislation is expected to be introduced when the new Congress convenes next year.
Demands for Trump Labor Secretary to Resign After ‘Jaw-Dropping’ and ‘Enraging’ Story About Sweetheart Deal for Billionaire Pedophile
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“It is horrifying that Acosta would be a member of good society again, let alone in the line of succession to the presidency.”