Labor
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Union wave reaches professional sports as Minor League Baseball players organize
While the MLBPA has represented major league players since 1966, minor league players have historically lacked any union representation. Now,…
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‘Our union is growing stronger every day’: Kansas City janitors win major contract gains
In Kansas City, 900 janitors who are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1 won a historic new contract.
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Columbus teacher strike secures victory
After a historic strike and fight against inhumane school conditions, Columbus teachers scored a victory for themselves and their students
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Patients before profits: 15,000 Minnesota nurses to strike
15,000 nurses across 16 hospitals in Minnesota will strike for three days beginning September 12
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Over 2,000 Kaiser mental health workers strike for better patient care
Over 2,000 unionized therapists, social workers, and mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente Northern California are on strike until the…
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Thousands of Minnesota nurses ready to strike for safe staffing and respect
As the CEOs dug in their heels throughout the five months of negotiations, MNA members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a…
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Atlantic City casino workers win big
Members of UNITE HERE Local 54, the largest of the unions representing workers in Atlantic City’s casinos, have now won…
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Commercial production workers launch historic union drive
Thousands of TV commercial production workers across the United States are in the midst of a historic union drive to…
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Minneapolis Trader Joe’s workers win union election
The workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of unionizing by a margin of 55 to 5.
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New York City taxi workers are fighting for raises and job security
The central demand of the drivers is raising wages to $25 per hour in take-home pay, after all expenses such…
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