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At protests Monday in which the union ramped up its public attacks, CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates, said it’s too dangerous to send students and staff back to schools with COVID-19 cases on the rise.

Employee survey platforms allow employers to sort groups of employees by the departments, locations, and demographics most likely to unionize.

Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is packed with visitors. But the company refuses to provide COVID-19 testing to its employees.

Earlier this week, four labor leaders voted against including Medicare for All in the Democratic Party platform.

Decades of economic policies have allowed the 1 percent to prosper — even increasing their net worth by billions of dollars during the pandemic — while disinvesting in the public good has left almost everyone else behind.

Hearst Magazines' digital and print staff voted overwhelmingly to unionize. The new bargaining unit includes some 500 members from editorial, video, design, photo, and social staffs across 28 brands.

Newspaper layoffs are going to get worse, it’s going to be hard, but I’m extremely motivated by our membership because they’re rising up in all these amazing ways to fight back against concessions and fight back against racist editorial decisions.

In a union election victory 17 years in the making, 40,000 child care providers in California have voted overwhelmingly to be represented by their union, Child Care Providers United (CCPU). This was a joint effort of AFSCME and SEIU.

Some labor historians say this new militancy resembles the 1930s, when a huge strike wave helped lead to landmark pro-labor legislation and one of the biggest bursts of unionization in American history.

Are consumer boycott campaigns an effective way to support worker organizing?