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Why Hundreds of Planned Parenthood Workers in the Midwest Unionized
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Recently unionized healthcare and nonprofit workers in the Midwest are weathering the changes to reproductive rights and access.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/workers/page/8/)
Recently unionized healthcare and nonprofit workers in the Midwest are weathering the changes to reproductive rights and access.
Este artículo es una publicación conjunta de “The American Prospect” y “Workday Magazine”, una casa de redacción sin fines de lucro dedicada a responsabilizar a los poderosos desde la perspectiva de los trabajadores. La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, quien asumió el cargo en enero, prometió durante la campaña electoral abolir las zonas económicas especiales conocidas como ZEDE (“Zonas de Desarrollo Económico y Empleo”) donde los inversionistas privados tienen un poder desmesurado para dar forma a las leyes laborales, los sistemas judiciales, y entidades de gobierno en esas zonas. Estas zonas han obtenido una gran oposición en Honduras porque socavan los principios básicos de la democracia. En abril, esta promesa de la presidenta logró una gran victoria cuando el Congreso de Honduras votó por unanimidad derogar la ley que permite las ZEDE y abolir las ya existentes, aunque esto último debe ser ratificado el año que entra. Pero las fuerzas que quieren mantener las ZEDE en funcionamiento están tomando represalias y han encontrado aliados en la sede del Capitolio en EEUU.
A principios de este mes, los senadores Bill Hagerty (R-TN) y Ben Cardin (D-MD) pidieron al secretario de Estado de los EEUU, Anthony Blinken, que actuará contra el gobierno de Honduras por tomar esas medidas para deshacerse de las ZEDE.
Minnesota nurses made national headlines by going on strike this fall, but as contract negotiations stall, they’re fighting for a voice on the job.
Sen. Manchin has justified fossil fuel extraction because it “creates jobs.” He’s also pushing a policy that would cut them.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has been active in passing new laws allowing teenagers to work long and late hours in three states.
Essential workers are expected to risk their lives when they go to work every day. I talked with artist Carolyn Olson about her portrait series documenting this perilous labor.
Trader Joe’s workers in Minneapolis won their union in a landslide vote August 12, making theirs the second store to go with the new, independent Trader Joe’s United. The win raises the question of whether the grocer, with its 530 locations and progressive image, could be the next Starbucks. It seems that Trader Joe’s management is considering becoming the next Starbucks in a different sense: closing stores and harassing workers out of union drives. A store in Boulder, Colorado, had a vote lined up for this week, but workers seeking affiliation with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 there withdrew their petition the day after filing charges against the company for coercion and intimidation. The Trader Joe’s drives reflect an emerging theme of recent new organizing: independent versus affiliated unionism.
Housekeepers and other hotel employees took the stage on Day 1 of the AFL-CIO’s Pride at Work convention and told delegates that the Millennium Hotel had pulled back tentative agreements with their union two months after booking the convention. Delegates didn’t take the news sitting down. online pharmacy celexa for sale no prescription
They marched out of the Millennium ballroom and into the lobby, with hotel staff in the lead, and held a lively rally in their defense. When security guards demanded demonstrators move to the sidewalk outside, they refused, holding the lobby for nearly a half hour. The action marked a spirited start to the three-day convention that began Aug.
UPS workers say the company is not doing enough to protect employees from scorching temperatures.
As a national rail shutdown over mounting labor disputes looms in the US, it’s worth asking how we got here from the folks who know best—the workers themselves.