Hearst is pushing back against its employees’ union drive, but it would be advantageous for them to support it.
In Schleuss’s view, there is no substitute for “members standing up in the newsroom, arm in arm,” as LA Times staffers did during their three-year struggle for union representation and a first contract covering 475 workers
From basic safety issues like nonslip mats in the kitchen to better salaries and benefits, the fight to create a more just industry ramped up this year.
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Mark Rogovin was an artist and social activist who created outdoor murals and taught mural painting to young people while also being active in various political campaigns and movements.
The walls of the ‘Solidarity’ mural — which will be part of the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago tour in October — are plastered with brightly colored scenes of workers’ struggles and triumphs.
Where should labor unions be? Labor unions should be where the workers are, and where the money is.
The very last thing we need is for the two strongest left/progressive candidates and their supporters to tear each other apart for the next eight months.
Following months of negotiations, the crew of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman has won their battle to unionize the production.
A group of 186 distribution center workers at IKEA distribution centers in Joliet and Minooka, Illinois voted June 19 and 20 to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
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