Today's labour news
White House calls on pension funds to adopt stronger labor standards 2024-04-24 [Washington Post]
Starbucks, workers agree to restart contract talks 2024-04-24 [New York Times]
Biden administration expands overtime pay to cover 4.3 million more workers 2024-04-24 [CBS]
F.T.C. Issues Ban on Worker Noncompete Clauses 2024-04-24 [NYTimes]
USW leaders meet with SOEPU activists in Argentina to strengthen global solidarity 2024-04-23 [USA]
Volkswagen workers voted to join the UAW in a big win for a unionizing push: 'We're going to carry this fight on to Mercedes and everywhere else,' UAW president Shawn Fain said 2024-04-23 [Quartz]
7 in 10 workers worldwide exposed to extreme heat risks: Study 2024-04-23 [The Hill]
“Food, Inc. 2”, featuring the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is officially out in theaters and on streaming platforms! 2024-04-23 [CIW]
AFL-CIO Climate, Equity, and Jobs Convening Kickoff 2024-04-23 [AFL-CIO]
Climate change a health risk for 70% of world's workers, UN warns 2024-04-23 [CBS]
Historic victory at Volkswagan factory 'an inspiration for democracy at work' 2024-04-22 [ITUC]
Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again 2024-04-21 [Yahoo! News]
Historic union victory at Volkswagen factory an “inspiration for democracy at work” 2024-04-20 [ITUC]
Tennessee Volkswagen workers vote on union membership in test of UAW’s plan to expand its ranks 2024-04-20 [AP]
Starbucks to bargain with a committee of 150 worker representatives 2024-04-19 [The Cap Times]
Shawn Fain Triumphed in Detroit. Now He’s Headed South 2024-04-19 [The Nation]
The Paradox of the American Labor Movement 2024-04-19 [The Atlantic]
Learning to lead: ILR institute trains the next generation of union organizers 2024-04-19 [The Chronicle]
Google fires workers protesting against $1.2bn Israeli contract 2024-04-18 [Bloomberg/Daily Maverick]
AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler applauds critical protections for mine workers from silica 2024-04-17 [AFL-CIO]
Six Southern Republican governors threaten workers: 'Don't organize with UAW, or else' 2024-04-17 [Washington Post]
Amazon and Walmart are excessively watching their warehouse workers 2024-04-15 [Oxfam]
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession 2024-04-14 [ADN]
Daimler Truck Workers Are Strike-Ready in the Anti-Union South 2024-04-14 [Jacobin]
Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: 'Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades' 2024-04-13 [The Guardian]
How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession 2024-04-12 [JDNews]
Momentum for Open Bargaining Grows in the Letter Carriers 2024-04-12 [Labor Notes]
Government-Issued Debt, Illicit Financial Flows Bleed Africa Dry, Say Unions For more info 2024-04-10 [Solidarity Center]
Answering Musk’s and Bezos’s Attacks on Workers’ Rights 2024-04-10 [Am Prospect]
NLRB general counsel says Board will not 'succumb' to attacks by Amazon, Starbucks, SpaceX 2024-04-10 [The Guardian]
Can Grocery Workers Take Back Their Union? 2024-04-10 [In These Times]
The UAW Is Supporting Mexican Autoworker Organizing 2024-04-10 [Jacobin]
Nevada Culinary Workers Union has mastered political organizing 2024-04-07 [DAILY KOS]
OH GOP Sen. J.D. Vance Conflates Foreign-Born Workers with ‘Illegal Immigrants’ to Bash Job Numbers 2024-04-07 [Daily Beast]
What is wage theft? Your guide to workers’ rights in WA 2024-04-07 [Seattle Times]
CELEBRATING TRUE SOUTHERN HERITAGE IN APRIL INSTEAD OF THE CONFEDERACY 2024-04-06 [Southern Poverty Law Ctr]
UAW gets closer to unionizing Volkswagen, Mercedes workers in the South 2024-04-06 [NPR]
Seeking to defy history, the UAW is coming closer to unionizing in the South 2024-04-06 [WABE]
Finally Back in Bargaining This Year, Can Machinists Save Boeing from Itself? 2024-04-06 [Labour Notes]
Our Class Has No Borders: Why the UAW Is Standing Up with Mexican Auto Workers 2024-04-06 [Labour Notes]
IATSE Sees Momentum as Script Supervisors Reach Tentative Deal 2024-04-06 [Variety]
Kate Shindle to retire as president of Actors Equity in May 2024-04-05 [New York Times]
‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive 2024-04-04 [The Guardian]
Blue Bottle coffee shop workers get organized 2024-04-04 [IUF]
AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler on the announcement of D Talor stepping down as international president of Unite Here 2024-04-03 [AFL-CIO]
Steelworkers union: Nippon Steel no-layoffs pledge is not worth the paper it is written on 2024-04-02 [Bloomberg]
How Republicans Screw Workers: Labor laws have been systematically undermined by right-wing courts and legislators 2024-04-02 [Am Prospect]
Cillian Murphy Set to Star in Mining Drama 2024-04-02 [The Geek Tyrant]
Rank-and-file union members back campaign to ditch Biden over Gaza 2024-04-02 [The Guardian]
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