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BREAKING—One Bourbon, One Strike and No Fear: Jim Beam Workers Win a Better Contract
Friday, Oct 21, 2016, 11:09 am BREAKING—One Bourbon, One Strike and No Fear: Jim Beam Workers Win a Better Contract BY Mario Vasquez The strike takes place as Jim Beam and other Kentucky whiskey distilleries benefit from a boom in demand. (viviannny/ Flickr) This story has been updated with workers approving a new contract. “We take great pride in our jobs at Jim Beam because we are Jim Beam,”… → Read More
No Justice, No Peeps! Workers Walk Off the Job At Pennsylvania Peeps Factory
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2016, 11:02 am No Justice, No Peeps! Workers Walk Off the Job At Pennsylvania Peeps Factory BY Mario Vasquez The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO has called for a boycott of Just Born products. (Daniel Spiess/ Flickr) Workers employed by candy manufacturer, Just Born Quality Confections, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, are on strike over the company’s pension plan proposal. The strike, workers… → Read More
Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”
Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016, 11:58 am Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it” BY Mario Vasquez The organizing drive came after years of declining benefits—loss of sick pay, supplemental time off and a downgrade in insurance coverage considered too expensive for what it offered. (UFCW Local 400/ Facebook) Juanita Hart has worked as an operator at the Lipton Tea manufacturing… → Read More
Immigrant Activists Call for AFL-CIO to Expel Border Patrol Union After Donald Trump Endorsement
''There's no room for hate in the house of labor,'' said the Not1More campaign. → Read More
Over 1,000 LA Nurses Finish Weeklong Strike, Saying Work Conditions Are Dangerous for Patients
âWe tell administration that this is not safe. I sometimes feel that they are waiting for somebody to either die or something to happen before they can address the issues." → Read More
Transit Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
The Amalgamated Transit Union announced its endorsement of Sanders. → Read More
Transit Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
Monday, Mar 14, 2016, 7:18 pm Transit Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President BY Mario Vasquez Sanders has notched another national union endorsement. The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) announced its endorsement of Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign on Monday, after its executive board voted to endorse the Democratic Party candidate from Vermont. Larry Hanley,… → Read More
Teachers Who Staged "Sick-Outs" Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools' Emergency Manager
Some union members worry the work is not done until local control is returned to Detroit's schools. → Read More
Teachers Who Staged ‘Sick-outs’ Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools’ Unelected Emergency Manager
Monday, Feb 29, 2016, 5:26 pm Teachers Who Staged ‘Sick-outs’ Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools’ Unelected Emergency Manager BY Mario Vasquez Education activists cheered today as Darnell Earley officially stepped down from his position as emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools (DPS). His departure came after thousands of teachers staged rolling “sick-outs” to protest his role as the… → Read More
Warren Report Criticizes Obama Administration's Failure to Prosecute Corporate Crimes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's report reads like a subtle endorsement of Bernie Sanders' critique of Wall Street crimes. → Read More
UNITE HERE New England Union Locals Endorse Bernie Sanders: He “Resonates With Our Members”
Monday, Jan 25, 2016, 12:09 pm UNITE HERE New England Union Locals Endorse Bernie Sanders: He “Resonates With Our Members” BY Mario Vasquez UNITE HERE's New England Joint Board (NEJB) endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president on January 22 after the union’s executive board voted unanimously to “Bernie’s call for a political revolution.” The NEJB is a regional collection of 10,000 workers… → Read More
Clinton, Sanders and O'Malley Address Police Violence and White Privilege at Brown and Black Forum
The Iowa Brown & Black Forum took place as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in Iowa and New Hampshire polls. → Read More
UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct
Wednesday, Jan 6, 2016, 4:52 pm UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct BY Mario Vasquez On December 15, 2015, the United Auto Workers (UAW) International Executive Board (IEB) nullified the resolution passed last year by members of UAW Local 2865, the 13,000 teaching assistants and student-workers at the University of California… → Read More
“No one has ever tried this before”: Mexican, U.S. Workers Bring Employer Charges Under NAFTA
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2015, 1:14 pm “No one has ever tried this before”: Mexican, U.S. Workers Bring Employer Charges Under NAFTA BY Mario Vasquez A transnational coalition of labor unions and community groups in the United States and Mexico charged multinational retail corporation Chedraui Commercial Group with violations of municipal, federal, and international labor law on November 12, filing… → Read More
Campaign for a "Worker Bill of Rights" Puts ALEC in Spokane's Crosshairs
Activists in Spokane, Washington, are campaigning to place community and workers' rights over corporate rights. → Read More
Academic Workers' Union Calls on AFL-CIO to Terminate Police Union's Membership
A University of California union is arguing that police unions are antithetical to its mission. → Read More