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Are today’s Southern workers about to change all that?

'Without enforcement, worker protections exist in name only. Companies should think twice before committing violations against their employees,' said Stuart Appelbaum, president of RWDSU.

How a childcare worker and mom living and working in Minnesota’s Iron Range would like to see the industry better support workers and children alike.

Chancellor Reyes and the police violated the constitutional First Amendment rights to free speech, freedom to assemble, and freedom to petition the Government for a redress of grievances;

Republican lawmakers have passed new laws on union elections for companies that receive state incentives.

There’s a wealth of podcasts and audio documentaries now available, from single episodes to miniseries and weekly shows. 

Jobs to Move America is pioneering an innovative labor strategy that turns public investments in green infrastructure and manufacturing into opportunities for union organizing and better working conditions.

Workers Vow to Fight On

If it succeeds, California’s legal protections for farmworkers could be rolled back to conditions that prevailed before César Chavez’s campaigns for farm unionization in the 1960s.

The key to this grassroots unionism lies in the connection between organizing and collective bargaining aimed at improvements in wages, working and living conditions. What was striking, from an Italian viewpoint, was the lack of political discussion.