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FL lawmakers seal deals on worker pay, emergency funding 2026-05-23 [CBS]

UniteHere 737 hospitality workers calls on Disney to end new business with restaurant company 2026-05-10 [Central FL Pub Media]

Take Action: Repeal Florida’s Right-to-work Law 2026-05-07 [Labor Force]

New affordable rental housing project breaks ground for Immokalee workers 2026-04-03 [WGCU]

State now close to dealing death blow to public worker unions 2026-03-03 [The Democrat]

Educators and Workers Continue to Vote for Their Unions; It’s Time to Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money 2026-02-01 [FEA]

Film shows Florida farmworkers facing rising heat and few protections 2026-01-25 [Miami Herald]

Sun Sentinel journalists ratify historic first contract 2026-01-10 [News Guild / CWA]

Disney blocks historic labor strike at Epcot in Orlando 2025-10-16 [CLTampa]

Big Florida immigration bust: workers jump from rooftops, abandon tools 2025-09-27 [WFTV]

Farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away 2025-08-20 [NPR]

Florida nuclear plant workers were too afraid to report safety concerns, records show 2025-08-02 [Tampa Bay Times]

As Tampa Bay hits 100 degrees, workers are left in harm’s way 2025-07-31 [Tampa Bay Times]

Stand with Federal Workers: American Federation of Government Employees Rally 2025-07-13 [AFGE]

Walmart fires migrant workers after Supreme Court let Trump strip them of legal status 2025-06-04 [NYPost]

Clearwater workers say barista was fired for leading charge on labor union 2025-05-10 [WMNF]

Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart 2025-05-07 [Newsweek]

Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart 2025-05-07 [Newsweek]

Miami farm workers’ last hope for heat protection regs appears dead under Trump 2025-04-20 [Miami Herald]

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’ For more info 2025-03-29 [Guardian]

Florida's union-busting regime: A report from the front lines 2025-03-29 [Labor Notes]

Will Florida teens be replacement workers for deported immigrants? What to know about child labor bill 2025-03-28 [The Times-Union]

Florida’s Union-Busting Regime: A Report from the Front Lines 2025-03-23 [Labour Notes]

Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities 2024-12-14 [Tampa Bay Times]

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings 2024-11-19 [CIW]

Anti-union law union is unconstitutional and ‘unreasonable,’ judge finds 2024-11-09 [Florida Phoenix]

‘We were forced into it’: After union dissolution, University of South Florida privatizes 400 jobs 2024-11-02 [Creative Loafing]

Teachers unions head to trial over anti-union law 2024-10-24 [GMA]

University union sues state over membership threshold 2024-09-10 [Florida Phoenix]

‘My friend nearly died of dehydration. Farmworkers like us need better protections’ For more info 2024-09-02 [CIW]

Gainesville union workers have less than a month to organize or risk decertification 2024-08-25 [WCJB]

17,000 AT&T workers strike in Southeast over alleged unfair labor practices 2024-08-18 [WEAR]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: South Florida Sun Sentinel Workers Win Union Election by Unanimous Landslide 2024-08-02 [AFL-CIO]

South Florida Sun Sentinel workers win union election by unanimous landslide 2024-07-30 [CWA]

Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of ongoing contract negotiations 2024-07-24 [ABC]

New Law Undermines Unions 2024-07-15 [Diane Ravitch]

14,000 Disneyland employees to vote on union strike 2024-07-11 [The Sentinel]

Farmworker advocates react to Florida law banning local heat protections 2024-07-02 [Spectrum]

New contract for Miami solid waste workers highlights the union difference 2024-06-25 [The Labor Tribune]

Workers sue Disney claiming they were fraudulently induced to move to Florida from California 2024-06-22 [AP]

Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode 2024-06-06 [In These Times]

JetBlue accused of anti-union intimidation tactics at Orlando International Airport 2024-04-28 [Orlando Weekly]

DeSantis Signs Bill Forbidding Localities from Having Higher Standards of Worker Protection than State 2024-04-14 [Diane Ravitch]

DeSantis signs bill preventing cities from requiring heat safety protections for workers 2024-04-12 [Tampa Bay Times]

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]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-06-1900 The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union is founded in New York City. [more]

3-06-2016 A federal judge ruled that women's soccer players could not go on strike, despite their collective bargaining agreement (which included a no-strike clause) having expired. The women were in dispute over pay discrimination. [more]

4-06-1912 Massachusetts becomes the first US state to establish a minimum wage [more]

4-06-2012 When National Football League referees failed to agree to a new contract, which included big pension cuts, the NFL locked them out and began hiring scabs to replace them. Bosses came up with a revised offer which was agreed on 26 September. [more]

6-06-1933 10,000 auto workers strike in Lansing, Michigan and paralyze the city for a month following the arrest of 9 of them, including the union president's wife forced to leave 3 children alone at home. [more]

8-06-1917 Disaster at the Spectator mine in Butte, Montana: 168 dead. [more]

9-06-1865 Helen Marot, campaigner for working women, is born. [more]

10-06-1963 Congress adopts a law on equal pay for men and women. [more]

11-06-1913 Police shoot at maritime workers on strike at United Fruit Co. in New Orleans, killing one. [more]

12-06-1904 Defying AFL's Samuel Gompers, 50,000 members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen walk off their jobs. [more]

16-06-1918 Railroad union leader and socialist Eugene Debs makes his famous speech against capitalism in Canton, OH, which will land him in jail. [more]

17-06-1903 In Philadelphia, "Mother Jones" organizes a demonstration of children who had been mutilated in textile factories to draw public attention to their fate. [more]

19-06-1912 The eight-hour day is adopted for Federal employees [more]

20-06-1947 President Truman vetoes the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act, but his veto is overturned by Congress three days later. [more]

20-06-1893 The American Railway Union is founded with Eugène Debs at its head. [more]

21-06-1877 Hanging in Pennsylvania of 10 miners accused of being "Molly Maguires" activists sentenced to death on the basis of an investigation carried out by a private detectives agency sponsored by a private company. [more]

23-06-1999 Workers at Fieldcrest Cannon textile plants in North Carolina vote for union recognition after a 25 year struggle [more]

27-06-1905 The Industrial Workers of the World, later popularly known as the Wobblies, is founded in Chicago with the aim of uniting all workers in One Big Union [more]

29-06-1894 Over 125,000 workers on two dozen railroads have joined the boycott of Pullman cars [more]

30-06-1918 Socialist anf labor leader Eugene Debs is arrested under the Espionage Act for making an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio [more]