Labor

Labor Wins Some as Workers Face Economic Crisis

Thousands of union workers have gone on strike for better work hours, pay and benefits at food plants operated by…

4 years ago

Ada Briceño: The San Pedro Roots of Orange County’s Transformation

“If there’s a day that goes by and I'm not thinking about identifying one more person to help with any…

4 years ago

Trumka: From union militant to liberal democrat

I appreciated the tribute to former United Mine Workers of America president, Richard Trumka, whom I had an opportunity to…

4 years ago

Unfinished Business ― Richard Trumka’s legacy and his vision for labor in America

Coal miners are like longshore workers in that they’re tribal in nature. Distinctions are made  based on how many generations…

4 years ago

The Supreme Court’s Real Target — Farm Workers’ Organizing Rights

Most of the media coverage of the recent Supreme Court decision about the farmworker access rule took for granted the…

4 years ago

US Department of Labor Announces $10M In Funding To Improve Gender Equity Among Workers in Mexico

The project also seeks to increase women’s participation in collective bargaining and empower worker organizations to undertake sustained action to…

4 years ago

ILWU Pass Resolution Against US Blockade of Cuba, Also Donates Syringes

The history of the ILWU, the record of its origins and traditions, is about workers who built a union that…

4 years ago

A Democratic Food System Means Unions for Farmworkers

The boycott was a participatory, democratizing strategy, and since then it has become a powerful tool for community-based union organizing.…

5 years ago

Labor Must Fight for a Public Works Program

Strikes and job actions throughout Los Angeles and nationally have pointed to an uptick in labor’s actions to regain concessions…

5 years ago

Beyond AB5: Tackling Wider Issues Around Unstable Work

Lyft driver Dino Mendoza and his son Mason. "Beyond AB5: Tackling Wider Issues Around Unstable Work" By Sam Hall Last…

6 years ago