Today's labour news
How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class 2021-04-18 [WNYC]
How the Bessemer Story Got the Wind Knocked Out of It 2021-04-18 [WNYC ]
Colleges Are Using COVID as an Excuse for Austerity. Unions Are Pushing Back. 2021-04-18 [Truthout]
Legislative fixes for essential worker problems 2021-04-18 [Commonwealth Mag]
U.S. House passes legislation to protect health care workers 2021-04-18 [Atlanta Jrnl-Constitution]
Nurses applaud US House of Representatives passage of legislationprotecting health care, social service workers from workplace violence 2021-04-17 [National Nurses United]
Workplace violence prevention Act will save lives 2021-04-17 [AFL-CIO]
PKrugman: America Needs to Empower Workers Again 2021-04-17 [NYTimes]
Organizing Amazon still a goal for union activists 2021-04-17 [Toledo Blade]
FedEx to 'reevaluate' its policy requiring employees to lock up phones during shifts following Thursday's shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis For more info 2021-04-17 [Biz Insider]
House Passes Bill to Protect Healthcare and Social Service Workers From Violence 2021-04-17 [ASSP]
The BAmazon Loss and the Road Ahead 2021-04-17 [Labor Notes]
Labor movement will not rest in the fight for full equality 2021-04-16 [AFL-CIO]
China: Leader of Delivery Riders Alliance Detained, Solidarity Movement Repressed 2021-04-16 [Labor Notes]
A Worldwide Workers' Revolt Against Amazon Has Begun 2021-04-16 [In These Times]
Call your U.S. Senator: Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act! 2021-04-16 [AFL-CIO]
Amazon loss a setback for unions, but what next? 2021-04-15 [Green Left Weekly]
Statement in support of Amazon workers, Bessemer Alabama 2021-04-15 [ACTU]
The failed Amazon union drive in Alabama will be vindicated by history. 2021-04-15 [In These Times]
Senate bill would expand unemployment benefits and pay $250 a week to gig workers 2021-04-15 [CNBC]
To retain workers, Walmart moves more of them full time 2021-04-15 [KY3]
After 3 decades of deregulation failures, AT&T and Verizon workers’ union urges states to regulate ISPs as utilities 2021-04-15 [Ars Technica]
A Fifth of Museum Workers Won’t Return to the Field After the Pandemic, Survey Says 2021-04-15 [Art News]
Economists are ‘lazy’ when studying the effects of racism, says AFL-CIO chief economist 2021-04-15 [Intl Hub News]
Unions eye Brookings, Urban Institute as push to organize think tanks grows 2021-04-14 [Politico]
Study shows 40% of lone rotational workers experience suicidal thoughts 2021-04-14 [Security]
Biden pledged to require businesses to make workplaces safe from the coronavirus on the campaign trail. Now he may not 2021-04-14 [Soapbox]
Amazon workers in Bessemer still made history 2021-04-14 [KY AFL-CIO]
Resources for the Bulk of Nonprofit Workers — Women 2021-04-14 [NonProfit PRO]
America Needs to Empower Workers Again 2021-04-14 [NYTimes]
The Shifting Class Composition of Unions 2021-04-14 [The American Prospect]
Labor After Bessemer 2021-04-14 [The American Prospect]
Country catching up to Bernie Sanders’ way of thinking 2021-04-14 [Boston Herald]
What Amazon Got Away With 2021-04-13 [Slate]
National Nurses United statement on racial justice 2021-04-13 [National Nurses United]
A fair shot-How the PRO Act would've changed the Amazon organizing landscape 2021-04-13 [AFL-CIO]
Why Millions of Unemployed Workers Never Claim the Benefits They’re Owed 2021-04-13 [NextAdvisor]
OSHA Prepares to Issue Emergency Regulations to Protect Workers From COVID-19 2021-04-13 [Insurance Jrnl]
Walmart's grocery workers died feeding the nation. Now, their families are left to pick up the pieces 2021-04-13 [NBC]
Right to Work has failed to live up to conservative hype 2021-04-13 [MI Advance]
Some unions are shifting strategies, wary of the challenges of winning votes site by site. 2021-04-12 [New York Times]
Paid leave for caregivers would be a boost for employers, workers and the economy 2021-04-12 [MarketWatch]
After Amazon: Union tries to regroup in wake of Alabama loss 2021-04-11 [CTV]
Shocking difference in US and Canadian approaches to airline industry 2021-04-11 [IAMAW]
Policy Report Amazon Unionizing Amazon warehouses was never going to be easy 2021-04-10 [Verge]
Amazon's victory against a union drive in Alabama proved workers want better workplaces, but America's labor laws are too broken to help them get that, experts say 2021-04-10 [Business Insider]
https://www.vox.com/recode/22375964/amazon-union-vote-results-what-happens-next 2021-04-10 [Vox]
The Force That Can Help Amazon’s Workers? Amazon’s Shoppers. 2021-04-10 [New York Times]
Labor movement welcomes Doug Parker's nomination to lead OSHA 2021-04-10 [AFL-CIO]
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