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Miami-Dade’s push to protect outdoor workers dies after state ban. What’s next? 2024-03-19 [Miami Herald]

FL Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers 2024-03-19 [Inside Climate News]

Florida GOP Passes 'Vicious' Bill Banning Mandatory Water Breaks for Workers: 'We will see fatalities...' 2024-03-10 [Common Dreams]

Florida Senate passes bill blocking local rules protecting workers from heat 2024-03-06 [NBC]

Miami area janitors are among the lowest paid. An immigrant-led union has won better wages 2024-03-03 [The Herald]

Immokalee farmworkers created America’s strongest workplace heat rules For more info 2024-02-24 [Wash Post]

Here's the state of Florida's public employee unions 2024-02-20 [WLRN]

FIU professors strengthen their labor union after 'shock to the system' from state purge 2024-02-20 [WLRN]

Tens of thousands of workers in Florida have just lost their labor unions. More is coming. 2024-02-16 [Today]

Stetson art professor says labor unions, history inspired paintings now on display 2024-01-29 [The News-Journal]

Wells Fargo workers unionize in Florida 2024-01-17 [UNI]

Tampa settles lawsuit with feds over parental leave for male workers 2023-12-24 [KVIA / ABC]

Bus and game day shuttle service not affected after JTA mechanics’ vote to strike 2023-12-17 [CBS]

Workers at Third Wells Fargo Branch File For Union Election 2023-12-08 [CWA]

Republicans Scheme to Destroy Teachers’ Unions 2023-11-19 [Diane Ravitch]

CWA Public Workers in Florida Aren’t Backing Down 2023-09-01 [CWA]

Orlando union buster fails to dissuade massage therapists from organizing 2023-08-12 [The Weekly]

As FL continues to bake, Biden announces ways to protect workers from extreme heat 2023-07-28 [Miami Herald]

Miami-Dade County moves forward with new rules to protect workers from extreme heat 2023-07-19 [AP]

Miami-Dade proposal to give outdoor workers extreme heat protections passes first hurdle For more info 2023-07-19 [Health News FL]

Here is how Florida’s E-Verify mandate is already affecting workers, employers 2023-07-07 [WPLG Local 10.com]

Hardline DeSantis immigration law causes exodus of migrant workers from agriculture and construction 2023-07-04 [Independent UK]

DOL sues Arise Virtual Solutions customer support service provider for workers misclassified as independent contractors 2023-06-30 [DOL]

FL judge refuses to block union dues change 2023-06-29 [WCJB]

Florida rail workers protest after they say company fired 31 workers for joining union 2023-06-25 [WJXT]

Rail workers protest after they say company fired 31 workers for joining union 2023-06-23 [News4JAX]

In FL, the heat can kill. But there are no laws to protect its many outdoor workers 2023-06-11 [Miami Herald]

Rep. Nixon: New anti-union law is state sanctioned harassment of public sector workers 2023-05-21 [Jacksonville.com]

Local businesses losing workers due to new Florida immigration law 2023-05-20 [WPBF News]

In Florida, agricultural workers are fearful and brace for changes under new immigration law 2023-05-20 [NBC]

How Florida's new immigration law will affect undocumented workers 2023-05-20 [CNN]

Postal service workers protest in Tampa, nationwide 2023-04-29 [WTSP]

Bill Gives Politicians Power to Disband Unions 2023-04-28 [IAMAW]

Tesla broke U.S. labor law by silencing workers, official rules 2023-04-27 [Automotive News]

Tesla broke U.S. labor law by silencing workers, official rules 2023-04-26 [Reuters]

More than 40,000 Disney union workers to vote on contract that bumps pay 2023-04-01 [WKMG]

‘Wildly Talented’ Disney Workers Target Gender Pay Gap 2023-03-24 [Labour Notes]

FL GOP lawmakers advance bill targeting teacher, public employee unions 2023-03-17 [Tampa Bay Times]

32,000 Disney World workers reject $1 an hour pay raise, demand $3 an hour to deal with skyrocketing costs near Orlando 2023-02-04 [New York Times]

Orange County Convention Center hospitality workers avoid potential strike, win big raises and pension in new contract 2023-01-26 [The Weekly]

DeSantis Attacks Teacher Unions: Makes it Difficult for Teachers to Join and Remain in Unions. What Should You Expect? 2022-12-31 [Newsbreak]

Forced Labor Ringleader Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Federal Prison For more info 2022-12-30 [CIW]

HOTEL STAFFING FIRM PAYS $503,053 FOR IC MISCLASSIFICATION 2022-12-09 [SIA]

Undaunted by DeSantis, immigrant workers are heading to Florida to help with hurricane cleanup 2022-10-07 [CNN]

Charlie Crist names Karla Hernández-Mats, president of United Teachers of Dade, as his running mate for lieutenant governor 2022-08-27 [New York Times]

TECO sentenced in deaths of 5 workers at Big Bend Power Station 2022-08-20 [NBC]

Jacksonville Starbucks closes for several hours as workers strike for wage increase For more info 2022-08-02 [FOX]

Florida faces dire shortages of restaurant workers: ‘They don't think we are worth the money' 2021-06-02 [FL Phoenix]

State workers across the nation had a holiday Friday for Juneteenth Day — but not in FL 2021-06-19 [FL Phoenix]

Millions of unemployed workers now rely solely on state benefits — and they vary wildly 2020-08-04 [Marketplace]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-03-1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book. [more]

7-03-1932 Unemployed workers stage a hunger march to the Ford complex at Dearborn, demanding workers be rehired. Police shoot at the demonstration, killing 4 and injuring 60 [more]

7-03-1860 Some 6,000 shoemakers, later joined by 20,000 other workers, are on strike in Lynn, Massachussets. They get wage increases but not recognition for their union. [more]

7-03-1920 “Hunger march” by the unemployed to the Ford factories in Dearborn, asking for help and hiring. Police shoot at crowd, killing 4 and injuring 60 people. [more]

8-03-1942 Lucy Parsons, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died. [more]

8-03-1926 Fur & Leather Workers Union (mostly women) went on strike in NYC, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. [more]

9-03-1910 Westmoreland County Coal strikes begins, ending in 1911. It is known as the 'Slovak strike', as 70% of the miners are Slovakian. 16 people are killed. [more]

11-03-1950 TWU members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry. [more]

12-03-1929 Lupe Anguiano, women's rights activist and labour organizer, is born. [more]

12-03-1912 The Bread and Roses strikers won all their demands. The strike was organized by mostly women workers and the Industrial Workers of the World and included 20,000 workers. [more]

13-03-1830 The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel [more]

15-03-1917 The Supreme Court approves the 8-hour day law as rail workers threaten national strike. [more]

15-03-1948 National strike by bituminous coal miners demanding pensions. [more]

16-03-1960 The United Teachers' Federation is formed in New York to represent public school teachers and later all education workers in the metropolis. [more]

18-03-1937 New York City police arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek. [more]

31-03-1927 Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]