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The House passes a resolution allowing its staffers to unionize for the first time following tales of low pay, burnout, and other workplace frustrations
Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her support to House staffers forming unions in February. A resolution ju…
Kayla Epstein
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Congressional Workers Union launches organizing effort as Pelosi and Schumer say they support Capitol Hill staffers' unionization efforts
"Next week we will take legislative action to afford congressional staff the freedom to form a unio…
Bryan Metzger
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Starbucks fired the worker who led unionization movement, just days after former CEO grilled by Congress
Starbucks fired Alexis Rizzo, the Buffalo-based shift supervisor who began the Starbucks Workers Un…
Aidan Pollard
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Progressives urge Biden to go around Congress and cancel student debt, boost workers' wages, and combat the climate emergency
With the midterm elections quickly approaching, progressives urge Biden to use his executive powers…
Ayelet Sheffey,Joseph Zeballo…
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The life-changing power of the strike: How 500,000 workers refused to work in 2023 — and won big
Like the post-WWII era, the post-pandemic years united workers who underwent a collective experienc…
Alex Press
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Amazon's first warehouse union marked the true turning point towards 'real change' for workers, says a labor-history professor
Christian Smalls went from getting fired by Amazon to kickstarting the labor movement. It's a tippi…
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet the Biden labor lawyer who wants to crack down on companies making workers sit through anti-union meetings
Bosses can make you sit through an anti-union meeting. Jennifer Abruzzo, a key labor lawyer appoint…
Juliana Kaplan
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The dirty little secret on how congressional staff thrive in the always-on world of modern politics is doing moonlight work like 80-hour weeks, including unpaid Saturdays and Sundays
Many staffers told Insider they're pulled into working for campaigns for no extra pay despite a far…
Kimberly Leonard,Warren Rojas…
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Bernie Sanders applauds the 'courage' of Amazon workers for taking on the tech giant, says failed union vote will inspire other unionization efforts
"The workers were up against a company that was willing to spend vast sums of money and use every k…
Natasha Dailey
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Starbuck's ex-CEO started his congressional testimony with an emotional story about his father. It was used against him.
Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told Congress about his father's firing after a work accident when …
Alex Bitter
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Republicans want to squash union efforts. Democrats have to act fast to make that count in the midterms.
Republicans want to nip unions in the bud, but they're increasingly becoming popular with workers. …
Paul Constant
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11 takeaways from Biden's first State of the Union address
Foreign policy took center stage at Biden's first State of the Union, and he drew bipartisan applau…
Sonam Sheth,Brent D. Griffith…
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Pelosi raises House staffers' minimum salary to $45,000, and says the chamber will vote next week on allowing a union
The resolution, if passed by the House, would allow staffers in the chamber to unionize their offic…
Kayla Epstein
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The White House is racing to prevent a railroad worker strike, fearing it could cripple the economy and hurt Democrats in the midterms
A looming railroad worker strike could cripple supply chains and cause a "national economic disaste…
Jake Epstein
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One ex-teacher in Memphis said she had 194 students during virtual classes because a colleague quit, and it shows why so many teachers are burned out and fed up
Burned-out teachers told Insider why they're quitting in droves after 2 years of COVID, from angry …
Nicole Gaudiano
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Psaki says Biden supports the unionization of Capitol Hill staffers, uniting top Democrats behind the push
The White House's endorsement on Tuesday comes after congressional staffers announced an organizing…
Oma Seddiq
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Kevin McCarthy comes out against unionization efforts on Capitol Hill, says it wouldn't be 'productive for the government'
Pelosi and Schumer voiced their support to the idea last week, and Democrats in both chambers plan …
Bryan Metzger
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After Pelosi's comments, Capitol Hill staffers are trying to unionize. Here's the complicated process it would take to make that a reality.
Congress has to pass a resolution that would protect Capitol Hill staff who want to unionize. And t…
Kayla Epstein
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At least 182 high-ranking congressional staffers have violated a federal conflict-of-interest law with overdue disclosure of their personal stock trades
Watchdog groups say the trend shows Congress isn't taking the STOCK Act seriously.
Kimberly Leonard,Warren Rojas…
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Nearly a million travel industry and airline workers are left in the lurch as Trump see-saws on stimulus talks
Worker unions and industry groups have expressed frustration over inconsistent messaging from the W…