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Not your dad's union: America's labor movement pushed for student loan forgiveness. Next they're tackling reproductive justice and your right to quiet quit.
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh told Insider that when the labor movement calls, the Biden administr…
Juliana Kaplan
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Mexico's one big advantage over the US right now could stall the 'Made in America' push
The "Made in America" manufacturing push has one big problem: It's easier to find workers in Mexico…
Jacob Zinkula,Matt Turner
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Bernie Sanders successfully cajoled Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz into testifying before a Senate committee on labor practices
Senator Sanders said that he looks "forward to hearing from Mr. Schultz as to when he intends to en…
Juliana Kaplan
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Over 1,000 Nabisco bakery workers are on strike over 12-hour shifts: 'We're prepared to be out there for as long as it takes'
Nabisco told Insider a "small number of high-demand lines" require 12-hour shifts, three or four da…
Juliana Kaplan
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Baby boomers did one big thing we should all be grateful for
They made America richer, promoted equal rights, and invented the internet. Why don't boomers get a…
Andy Kiersz
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Buffalo Starbucks workers helped spark the chain's labor union movement. Now, one of the stores has filed to decertify its union.
Employees at a Starbucks store in downtown Buffalo filed a petition to decertify their union in lat…
Alex Bitter
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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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In potential leadership shakeup, Amazon Labor Union agrees to hold new elections for top positions
The Amazon Labor Union will hold new leadership elections, which could see the departure of the cur…
Katherine Long
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Kamala Harris blasts how workers lose $200 billion a year from the anti-union trend in the US economy
At the first meeting of the White House task force on worker organizing, the vice president ripped …
Juliana Kaplan
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Cult-favorite supermarket Trader Joe's is known for being friendly. One worker says she's unionizing so the store will live up to that perception: 'We want them to continue to be great jobs for people.'
When Maeg Yosef, a crew member at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's, heard about Starbucks unionizing, s…
Juliana Kaplan
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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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The year workers said 'no'
In the thick of the pandemic, workers were left to fend for themselves. Now they've learned how to …
Juliana Kaplan
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After 3 years of pain, America has finally achieved economic nirvana
With the job market holding up and inflation cooling off, 2024 is set to be a great year for the st…
Neil Dutta
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A daily wager’s child is much less likely to end up like the father now
For generations, the children of daily wagers have been going back to the same job – extending the …
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Some of America's biggest companies are hinting the labor shortage is ending for them
For a year, companies have said it's tough to hire. Now companies like Walmart, Shopify, and Lyft s…
Juliana Kaplan
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Bernie Sanders says Democrats will have a bad 2022 if they don't embrace unions and support the working class
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Sanders said it's "good politics" to become involved in the labor…
Juliana Kaplan
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Why strikes are working and which industries could be next
We asked experts why the strikes are working and which industries could be ripe for workers' moveme…
Jacob Zinkula
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As Amazon and Starbucks workers notch major union wins, UBS says we're in a labor environment 'not seen for decades'
While UBS says it's "too early to declare pro unionization a trend," businesses are taking notice o…
Juliana Kaplan
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140,000 Americans walked out of work last year to strike for higher pay and safer workplaces — and thousands got what they wanted
About a third of workers who took action to demand more from their job weren't part of a union, acc…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Biden says nearly 1.2 million women haven't returned to work because there's no affordable childcare
The president said he commuted every day as a senator because he couldn't afford daycare, even on a…