SEIU persuades Congress to dedicate funds in the stimulus legislation to keeping 100,000 airport workers solvent.
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Fund the Front Lines
Despite more than a decade of underfunding public health and safety, those workers have stepped up to meet the crisis. Government must help them with emergency and long-term support.
Posted inWorking in America
The Postal Workers Strike, 50 Years Later
Two hundred thousand militant postal workers forced the Nixon administration to grant them labor rights. Today, the Trump administration is attempting to take them away.
Posted inWorking in America
The Coronavirus Is Jump-Starting Union Organizing at Delta
Organizers started a union drive for flight attendants at Delta last November. Uncertainty about the pandemic is stoking a desire among workers for labor protections.
Posted inTAP
More on the Culinary Workers and Medicare for All
Today on TAP: The practical challenge of UNITE HERE’s health plan
Posted inWorking in America
About That Culinary Workers Health Plan
It’s one of the best. Which means Medicare for All advocates have a genuine policy challenge, not just a political one.
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When Nurses Strike—and Get Locked Out
Workers stage a job action at a major Seattle hospital to win better patient care—and their temp replacements may not even be credentialed.
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Why America Needs a Better Labor Law
The PRO Act, which comes to the floor of the House today, is a very good start.
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The Art of Organizing
Union drives in cultural institutions like museums are exposing hypocrisy—and perhaps, expanding the popular image of labor rights.