Economy & Workers' Rights

417 posts

UAW members vote on resolution calling leadership to rescind Biden endorsement

Rank-and-file union members across labor groups are organizing to demand their leadership rescind endorsements for the incumbent president

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

Miami’s United Teachers of Dade union narrowly evades decertification

The county must now hold an election to ensure their continued certification

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Labor unions are making unprecedented calls for a ceasefire in Gaza

Before dawn broke on Jan. 14, hundreds of labor organizers and activists convened at the Port of Oakland for a protest to prevent ships carrying weapons bound for Israel from leaving the docks. Activists from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

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7 Min
By: Laura Weiss

New York City renters turn to lawmakers to tackle affordability crisis

From January to December 2023, rents in New York City increased by 3.4%

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6 Min
By: Eddie Velazquez

Unionizing small nonprofits brings unique challenges and benefits

Tight budgets and managers unfamiliar with unionizing can present hurdles, but unionizing offers workers opportunities to build solidarity and improve workplace conditions and culture

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8 Min
By: Sravya Tadepalli

5 movements that mobilized you in 2023

From abolition to climate justice, communities and collective action sustain movements for a better world

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7 Min
By: Caitlin Gaffin

Miami-Dade teachers’ union could be decertified following DeSantis law

SB 256 imposes restrictions on public-sector unions

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

How attacks on DEI undermine workplace equity and harm BIPOC employees

DEI professionals say they’ve witnessed shifts in their clients’ approaches to diversity and equity since the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

UAW is the largest US union to call for a ceasefire in Gaza

The announcement at a news conference where protesters had been on a hunger strike outside of the White House marks a major development for labor and the larger call for a ceasefire

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6 Min
By: Mindi Isser

SAG-AFTRA’s new contract falls short on protections from Artificial Intelligence

Critics fear that weak language and loopholes on AI could impact disadvantaged actors first and hardest

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5 Min
By: Laura Weiss

Animal Legal Defense Fund and ALDF United ratify their first collective bargaining agreement

The agreement comes months after Prism reported on extensive allegations of union-busting

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2 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Miami-Dade County commissioners postpone heat standard vote

The meeting was supposed to be the final vote on a county-wide heat standard for outdoor workers

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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