Labor

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 175 new cases of COVID-19 and just five new deaths on Monday. Those figures are strikingly similar to Sunday’s, when 174 new cases …

“It should tell you something about who US public policy honors and respects,” writes Prem Thakker in The American Prospect, “that the Protecting America’s Workers Act, a bill that would …

General Internet searching is not enough. Companies manipulate what shows up first on a general Internet search. Often you have to weed through hundreds of pages of marginal information before …

“This wasn’t your average picket line,” writes Paul Prescod in Jacobin. “’It’s up to Walt to call the halt,’ read a striking worker’s picket sign beside a picture of Mickey …

Unions that represent healthcare professionals and essential frontline workers are speaking out about the CDC’s walkback on masks. These workers, they say, have paid for and will continue to pay …

The union representing the Metropolitan Opera’s chorus staved off calls for a 30-percent reduction in payroll costs that the company had said it needed to survive the pandemic. But the …

Kyla Hsia is a senior digital strategist at AFL-CIO and a member of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. She recently joined the AFL-CIO team after sitting at the bargaining table for …

While union activity has been on the decline for years, President Joseph Biden vowed during his campaign to be “the most pro union president in history.” President Biden sent a …

Even as the Covid-19 pandemic created record losses in the second quarter of 2020—and claimed the lives and livelihoods of millions of workers—median CEO pay in the US increased yet …

How many strikes are there in the United States? It’s a question with obvious importance to labor activists, yet there is no readily accessible answer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics …