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RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said the Union Square employees “set an example for Barnes & Noble workers across the country of the change that is possible in the industry.”

ILWU Local 13 said employers have "thumbed their noses" at worker pay requests. The local, representing 12,000 longshoremen in Los Angeles and Long Beach, said rank-and-file union members "had taken it upon themselves to voice their displeasure."

Sarah Bakewell’s sweeping new survey of the philosophical tradition, “Humanly Possible,” says that putting your faith in human behavior means confronting complacency and nihilism — but it can be worth it.

Something unusual happened in Vermont last week. The flagship location of Ben & Jerry’s in Burlington recognized the Scoopers United union after almost all 39 workers voted in favor of it.

Alexis Rizzo was one of the first members of Starbucks Workers United; she was recently fired in retaliation, but her fight isn’t over yet.

Many processed foods now common in civilian life were first created by and for the military-industrial complex. Thank Uncle Sam for Cheetos, air fryers, and other modern mainstays.

Federal safety authority Osha has imposed millions in fines on discount retailer which is largest retail chain in US.

Push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.

The HBO film adapts the FBI transcript from Reality Winner’s interrogation into a stunning thriller.

The ruling means Glacier Northwest Inc. can sue over its claim that wet concrete loaded onto trucks was rendered useless after workers walked off the job.