Rather than chasing dollars, gig workers are micro-entrepreneurs who perform a strict ‘mental audit’ of every single task to see if it’s worth their time.
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A Senate committee is recommending a permanent tribunal that could ban strikes in federally regulated industries. The proposal would gut constitutional protections workers won in court.
As nurses in Pittsburgh and nationwide spotlight staffing shortages, better pay and workplace safety, labor negotiations have intensified. Here’s what’s at stake.
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
A first-of-its-kind study finds Amazon’s delivery drivers earn less and face more instability than their unionized counterparts.
Two economists found links between the adoption of right-to-work laws and the opioid overdoses of working-age male teens and men.
Air traffic controllers are considered essential workers and required to work without pay during the shutdown, but there are reports some are calling in sick in greater numbers than usual.
Even after the original group fizzled, many of its members were able to keep making films with progressive messages.
The retirement of United Mine Workers of America’s longtime president is a reminder that labor and religion have always been entangled in coal country.
Underground reporters could be among the last bulwarks against unchecked power.
An estimated 8% of US doctors had joined a union in 2024, up from 5.7% a decade earlier.
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.
Both holidays arose at the same time, nearly 150 years ago, in the midst of an explosive labor uprising.
Pro wrestling’s failed unionization effort – and Hogan’s alleged role in undermining that campaign – is part of a broader story about the erosion of labor’s power since the 1980s.
An expert on Philadelphia’s municipal workers union talks about how social media helped the workers on strike to get their message out.
Its actions are in keeping with Project 2025, which questions whether any public-sector unions should exist.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
A pro-business National Labor Relations Board under President Trump could embolden Whole Foods and other companies to delay negotiations with unionized workers.
Restoring the defined-benefit pension plan the workers gave up in 2013 was a rallying cry. But the union didn’t get it back even though it did win a significant pay increase.
The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend the strike until at least Jan. 15, 2025. There will be more time for additional collective bargaining and negotiations.
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