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加入登录入口2021年劳动节庆祝活动

As the COVID-19 vaccine continues its successful rollout out and in-person gatherings with our Union family are beginning to feel safer and sa

莉兹·舒勒当选美国188体育平台主席

The 188体育平台 Executive Council today elected Liz Shuler, 有远见的领袖和长期的工会主义者, to serve as president of the federation of 56 unions and 12.500万个成员. Shuler is the first woman to hold the office in the history of the labor federation. The Executive Council also elected United Steelworkers (USW) International Vice President Fred Redmond to succeed Shuler as secretary-treasurer, the first African American to hold the number two office. Tefere Gebre will continue as executive vice president, rounding out the most diverse team of officers ever to lead the 188体育平台.

A Look at Labor Conditions and the New South's Historic Ties to Organization

它是1929, and workers in the Loray Mill in Gastonia have unanimously decided to strike after work conditions in the mill have gotten worse over time, thanks to management's efforts to reduce operating costs.

希望宜居的工资, 更好的时间, union recognition and to rid the mill of the stretch-out system that was crushing their ability to effectively complete their jobs, 1,4月1日，800名工人举行了罢工.

Tefere Gebre’s American journey: From refugee camp to labor leader

Gebre was still a boy when he was forced to flee Ethiopia, a country that suffered political turmoil and famine during the 1980s. “People were getting murdered on the streets by the government,” Gebre says. “They were just grabbing kids and torturing them if they were suspected of being an anarchist or aiding the opposition. 那时我知道我必须想办法逃出去.”

Americans Are Making Less Money Despite Trump’s Promises

President Donald Trump heads into a midterm referendum on his presidency showing no real progress on a core promise: to raise the wages of America’s “forgotten man and woman.”

一旦考虑到通货膨胀的影响, ordinary Americans’ hourly earnings are lower than they were a year ago.

Marijuana Retailer is Tirst to Unionize in Washington State

One of Washingon’s largest licensed marijuana retailers has inked a union contract to cover 134 workers at five locations, helping it provide employee benefits while navigating the difficult waters of federal law.

Ryan Kunkel, CEO and founder of Have a Heart, said the agreement with the United Food & Commercial Workers union Local 21 solves a problem for the company, which has ambitious plans to grow in a half-dozen other states.

“For better part of 3 years we have been trying to figure out how to provide basic things like health care benefits,他在一次采访中说.

Study: Construction Workers are Uniquely at Risk for Heroin Overdoses

建筑行业的官员说他们的成员, who take physically demanding jobs and risk serious injuries that often require pain medication, 特别容易上瘾.

Trump’s Power to Fire Federal Workers Curtailed by Judge

A federal district judge in Washington struck down most of the key provisions of three executive orders that President Trump 五月下旬签署 that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.

Belabored Podcast #157: 什么是罢工，我能如何帮助你?

本周登录入口将为您带来一集特别节目. 上周, 莎拉在新奥尔良参加网根族之家, and this week we bring you the recording of the panel, 什么是罢工，我能如何帮助你?, designed to explain to labor rookies what goes into planning a strike, 构建社区支持, 并且成功地完成了一个.

太多美国人死于工作. 情况会变得更糟吗?

Maddin won his case, but it’s Gorsuch’s world we’re living in. 根据美国188体育平台的报告, 5,190 workers died on the job in the United States in 2016. 另一个50,000 to 60,每年有000人死于职业病, and nearly 4 million experienced work-related injuries or illnesses.