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Major unions ACLU and SEIU join 126 organizations in calling on Biden to extend the freeze on student-loan payments
The pause on student-loan payments during the pandemic is expiring in September. Organizations and …
Ayelet Sheffey
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89 progressive organizations urge Democrats to ditch the GOP on infrastructure
The letter, signed by SEIU and the League of Conservation Voters, came after Biden ended negotiatio…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Essential workers in 25 cities are going on a 'Strike for Black Lives'
Teachers, farmers, fast food workers, domestic workers, and others with the SEIU, AFT, and other gr…
Allana Akhtar
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Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize a strike, setting the stage for what could be the largest healthcare strike in US history
Nearly 60,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees have voted to authorize a strike if …
Katie Hawkinson
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Ex-Twitter janitors are suing Elon Musk's company for over $100,000 in back pay, saying they face 'extreme hardship' after being 'left jobless on Christmas Eve'
Since Twitter ended its contract with the janitors, they say they're facing "extreme hardship" like…
Pete Syme
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Dartmouth men's basketball is the first college team to vote to unionize. But the fight over the future of college sports could just be beginning.
Dartmouth men's basketball's union push could lead to a wave of unionization across college sports.…
Jacob Zinkula
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In Philly, union members say they don't care about Biden's age: 'I never heard someone who is Catholic say the pope is too old'
Union members told Insider that questions over President Joe Biden's age are a distraction from his…
Charles R. Davis
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Janitors who clean Twitter's HQ are on strike after failed negotiations mean they face losing their jobs, union says
The janitors at Twitter's San Francisco HQ face uncertainty on Friday, when the contract with the j…
Kate Duffy
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Los Angeles Unified School District workers strike for higher wages: 'You could make way more working at Costco or Panda Express'
Classes were canceled on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, leaving half a million students out of s…
Erin Snodgrass
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Starbucks sues worker union, saying customers are 'chastising' the coffee chain and vandalizing stores over pro-Palestinian social media posts
Starbucks and its employee labor union are engaged in a trademark battle ignited by pro-Palestinian…
Nancy Luna
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Gavin Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler to fill Senate seat left empty by Dianne Feinstein
Laphonza Butler, Gavin Newsom's appointee to replace Dianne Feinstein, will be the third Black woma…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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85,000 healthcare workers are voting to authorize a strike. If they do, it will be the largest healthcare strike the nation has ever seen.
The union strike would impact dozens of Kaiser Permanente facilities across seven states and Washin…
Katie Hawkinson
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350 janitors at Denver airport have voted to strike against $17-an-hour pay and 'understaffing.' They say low wages will make a labor shortage worse.
"We are sick of being understaffed, overworked, underpaid, and undervalued for our work," one janit…
Kate Duffy
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Bernie Sanders just introduced a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $17 an hour
"There are millions of workers in this country who are working literally on starvation wages," Sen.…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey…
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New research may have just paved the way for a 4-day work week
A 4-day work week was a "resounding success" for both companies and workers, a global study finds. …
Ayelet Sheffey
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California's senate just passed a 'fast food council' law that could force McDonald's, Starbucks, and other chains to raise wages up to $22 an hour
Labor advocates say the bill will give workers a voice, while opponents say it could raise prices.
Mary Meisenzahl
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McDonald's president who made $7.4 million last year says proposal to pay fast-food workers $22 an hour is 'costly and job-destroying'
McDonald's president calls AB 257, or the FAST Act, 'costly and job-destroying.' A coalition led by…
Nancy Luna
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The Democratic National Committee's staff just chose to unionize. It's the most significant organizing effort yet in politics.
Two-thirds of eligible DNC staff signed union cards to make the decision official on Tuesday. The u…
Kayla Epstein
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Workers at 15 major US airports are gearing up to picket and rally on December 8
December 8 could be a big day at major US airports as janitors, security guards, and baggage handle…
Juliana Kaplan
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NYC building staffer who didn't appear to intervene in attack on Asian woman 'called for help immediately,' union says
Early reports that building staffers watching the assault were security guards were incorrect, acco…