Today's labour news
Nurses applaud Biden's America rescue plan 2021-01-17 [National Nurses United]
VIDEO Nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers will vote on forming the first union in the company's history 2021-01-16 [Yahoo]
How the Assange extradition threatens journalism 2021-01-15 [IFJ]
Instacart, Trader Joe’s, Dollar General plan financial incentives to encourage workers to get vaccinated 2021-01-15 [MarketWatch]
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry 2021-01-15 [Insurance Jrnl]
These Companies Are Paying Workers To Get Vaccinated 2021-01-15 [Forbes]
Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Package Offers Real Hope 2021-01-15 [AFL-CIO]
Bipartisan House lawmakers introduced legislation that would block Trump administration’s controversial effort to politicize civil service 2021-01-15 [Gov Exec]
Dollar General to pay workers to get COVID-19 vaccine in retail first 2021-01-15 [East Bay Times]
Google Workers Launch New Union 2021-01-14 [The Bullet / Alphabet Workers Union]
Fast-food workers at McDonald's, Wendy's and other chains in 15 cities will strike Friday to demand boosting the minimum wage to $15 an hour 2021-01-14 [Biz Insider]
Biden’s Path to Winning Back Blue-Collar Workers 2021-01-14 [New Yorker]
The Workers First Agenda 2021-01-14 [AFL-CIO]
AFL-CIO proposes Workers First agenda to the new Biden administration and congress 2021-01-14 [AFL-CIO]
Fast-food workers at McDonald's, Wendy's and other chains will strike Friday to demand boosting the minimum wage to $15 an hour 2021-01-14 [Business Insider]
Nurses endorse impeachment, conviction of Trump 2021-01-14 [National Nurses United]
Trumka: Democracy and the labor movement are one and the same 2021-01-13 [Chicago Sun-Times]
The Workers First Agenda 2021-01-13 [AFL-CIO]
Rail unions petition FRA to protect Amtrak passengers, personnel after US Capitol insurrection 2021-01-13 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters]
FAA Administrator steps up enforcement on unruly passengers 2021-01-13 [Association of flight attendants-CWA]
Trumka: Biden must pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act 2021-01-13 [Nat'l Catholic Reporter]
Social Security Unions Urge Biden to Oust Agency Leadership on Day One 2021-01-13 [Gov Exec]
Alphabet Workers Union calls on YouTube to ban Trump 2021-01-12 [Verge]
One In Four Black, Hispanic Workers Have Faced Workplace Discrimination In Past Year, Poll Suggests 2021-01-12 [Forbes]
Democracy and the labor movement are one and the same 2021-01-12 [Chicago Sun-Times]
AFL-CIO calls on Biden to appoint racial equity czar 2021-01-12 [The Hill]
Trumka: Workers first agenda will build sustainable economy and stronger democracy 2021-01-12 [AFL-CIO]
The Google union just passed 700 members: The Alphabet Workers Union has grown from roughly 230 employees and contractors last week 2021-01-12 [Verge]
The psychological effects of COVID-19 on hospital workers at the beginning of the outbreak with a large disease cluster on the Diamond Princess cruise ship 2021-01-12 [PubMed]
USDA urged to allocate specific funding to protect essential ag workers 2021-01-12 [Vegetable Growers News]
America, the Not So Beautiful 2021-01-12 [Our Times]
The Google union just passed 700 members 2021-01-12 [The Verge]
‘I don’t see how a big company like Amazon can be so greedy.’ E-commerce king turns middle-class warehouse career into a McJob 2021-01-11 [Chicago Tribune]
NEA calls for immediate removal of President Donald Trump 2021-01-11 [NEA]
Millions left without paid sick leave after Congress let pandemic benefit expire 2021-01-11 [CNN]
Teamsters denounce assault on democracy, mourn murder of U.S. Capitol police officer 2021-01-11 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters]
AFL-CIO general board calls on Donald Trump to resign or be removed from office 2021-01-10 [AFL-CIO]
ILWU statement on the events of January 6th 2021-01-09 [International Longshore & Warehouse Union]
Latest unemployment boost is ‘too little, too late,’ workers say: ‘They forgot about us a long time ago’ 2021-01-09 [CNBC]
Big Changes As Employers Prepare To Hire Foreign Workers 2021-01-09 [JDSupra]
‘I Did Not Feel Safe’: D.C. Essential Workers Describe Their Reactions To The Insurrection 2021-01-09 [WAMU]
New Trump admin tipping rules will help restaurant owners and hurt workers, advocates say 2021-01-09 [Wash Post]
U.S. trade policies have disproportionately harmed Black and Latino workers, not just the White working class Trump courted, researchers find 2021-01-09 [Wash Post]
Google Workers Speak Out About Why They Formed A Union: 'To Protect Ourselves' 2021-01-09 [NPR]
Yesterday’s Insurrection Was An Attack on Democracy by White Supremacists and Fascists: A message from CWA President Chris Shelton 2021-01-08 [CWA]
Google workers union blasts YouTube in wake of mob attack on Capitol 2021-01-08 [WGN]
UNI joins the U.S. labour movement in condemning anti-democratic, white supremacist attack on Capitol 2021-01-08 [UNI Global Union]
Violent mob attacks the media during Capitol assault 2021-01-08 [IFJ]
Mayor Walsh Says He’ll Fight For ‘Working People’ And ‘Labor Unions’ As Biden’s Labor Secretary 2021-01-08 [CBS Boston]
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