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Bridge collapse in Baltimore draws attention to dangerous jobs Hispanic workers face 2024-03-28 [NPR]

Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association union sounds alarm over global shipping standards 2024-03-28 [The Guardian]

US SEGA workers secure historic collective bargaining agreement, setting new milestone in the video game industry 2024-03-28 [UNI Global Union]

Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023 2024-03-27 [AFSCME]

The Women Behind the Brotherhood 2024-03-27 [NPCA]

Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, 113 years ago, is forever a part of American labor history 2024-03-27 [NYS Pub Employees Fed]

The American Left has abandoned unions: Organised workers pose too much of a threat 2024-03-27 [UnHerd]

Can unions rebuild our democracy? 2024-03-27 [In These Times]

Ron Carey’s Lessons in Labor Movement Reform 2024-03-26 [Jacobin]

Secretary of Labor Julie Su on the Worker Movement 113 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 2024-03-26 [Teen Vogue]

The U.S. Is Witnessing A Considerable Growth In Strike Activity 2024-03-26 [The Maple]

Waffle House Under Fire For Mandatory Meal Deductions From Workers' Paychecks 2024-03-25 [Huff Post]

AFL-CIO, Building Trades hail EPA’s asbestos ban 2024-03-25 [People's World]

SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Contracts That Limit Use of AI Voices in Animated TV Shows 2024-03-25 [Variety]

Cinematographers, Art Directors Reach Craft-Specific Tentative Agreements With AMPTP as Editors Guild Bargaining Gets Underway 2024-03-25 [Variety]

Union households tend to have over $100,000 more in wealth than nonunion families, Federal Reserve data shows 2024-03-25 [The Business Insider]

Boeing’s largest union seeks seat on plane maker’s board 2024-03-25 [The Financial Times]

40% of frontline retail workers feel technology needs are ignored, according to new Scandit research 2024-03-19 [Retail Technology Innovation Hub.]

Stellantis announces hundreds of layoffs for white collar workers during 'mass firing' call 2024-03-25 [Fox 2 Detroit]

Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt for public service workers 2024-03-25 [NPR]

FACT FOCUS: Tyson Foods isn’t hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. Boycott calls persist 2024-03-25 [AP]

Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms 2024-03-25 [PBS NewsWeekend]

California wants to protect indoor workers from heat. That goal is now in limbo 2024-03-25 [NPR]

There's a big wealth gap between union and nonunion workers 2024-03-25 [Axios]

SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, US agency claims 2024-03-25 [Reuters]

Biden’s FTC Seeks To Protect Union Workers Through M&A Challenge 2024-03-24 [Forbes]

Unionization feels closer than ever as new long-term goals emerge 2024-03-23 [Game Developer]

Taking it to the board: How workers got Starbucks to the negotiating table 2024-03-23 [El Pais]

Starbucks to bargain with delegates from its 400 unionized 2024-03-23 [Huffpo]

AFL-CIO applauds Biden administration 's rule to protect workers by banning use of Chrysotile asbestos 2024-03-22 [AFL-CIO]

Why USW Members Support Joe Biden 2024-03-20 [USW]

CWA Workers at Activision Form Largest Union Ever at a Video Game Company 2024-03-17 [CWA D9]

Shawn Fain: Workers Deserve More Time for Themselves 2024-03-16 [Jacobin]

Bernie Sanders wants a 32-hour workweek for Americans 2024-03-16 [MSNBC]

Hollywood Unions Are Back at the Bargaining Table 2024-03-16 [Jacobin]

A Growing Union Campaign Has Put REI's Progressive Image On Trial 2024-03-16 [HuffPost]

SEIU to spend $200 million to turn out the vote for Biden 2024-03-14 [Washington Post]

Amazon Labor Union ‘No cavalry coming’ for American workers 2024-03-12 [Aol]

IATSE Gets Show of Solidarity From International Unions as Contract Talks Kick Off: ‘Your Fight Is Our Fight’ 2024-03-14 [Variety]

Federal unions blast Biden's plan for a 2 percent pay hike 2024-03-13 [Washington Post]

Why male nurses earn $250 more per week than female nurses. 2024-03-13 [Morningstar]

AFL-CIO president Liz Schuler on Equal Pay Day 2024-03-13 [AFL-CIO]

Activision Workers Become the Biggest Certified Video Game Union in the U.S. 2024-03-12 [UNI Global Union]

Teamsters overwhelmingly ratify five-year contract at Anheuser-Busch 2024-03-12 [IUF]

U.S. Judge Blocks Rule Extending Reach of Labor Law to Franchisers 2024-03-12 [New York Times]

Inside the UAW’s Southern Strategy 2024-03-12 [Counter Punch]

Can American Labor Seize the Moment? 2024-03-12 [Mother Jones]

AFGE Celebrates Women’s History Month, 50th Anniversary of AFGE Women’s Department 2024-03-12 [AFGE]

Hollywood's Unions Take a Bow During the Oscars 2024-03-11 [Bloomberg]

Federal judge in Texas blocks US labor board rule that would make it easier for workers to unionize 2024-03-11 [The National Post]

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]