Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are voting on a last minute contract agreement with UCLA. The tentative agreement includes wage and step increases and seniority protections but excludes housing.
Resistance is everywhere
New York City is often thought of as a stronghold of organized labor. But the city’s unions look worryingly passive as their strength erodes.
Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, and Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME, resigned their positions in the Democratic National Committee, suggesting the party is failing to expand their coalition.
Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME: "I think it’s up to AFSCME and the labor movement and our allies and friends to continue to talk about what this administration is trying to do to hurt working people."
A conversation with the former president of the clerical workers union at the University of Minnesota: "Solidarity for me is a profound concept that should guide your life and how you want to interact with others."
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