The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers have reached an agreement for a new three-year contract.
The agrement goes into effect on Oct. 1 and covers commercial production across the U.S. Thursday’s joint announcement said contract modifications include industry standard wage and benefit increases.
"People need to be treated like human beings. And they're not treating people like human beings at Walmart." Walmart worker Greg Huff, as he recounted his experiences working for for the giant retailer in a workers roundtable. Read More...
The AFL-CIO has launched a member education effort aimed at GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka. [Rich Trumka]: "When you look at Donald Trump you have to say three things - one, he's unfit to be president. Two, he would make it harder for working people to make ends meet. And three, he would tear our country apart. Read More...
Truckers and port workers at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach went on strike Wednesday, using moving picket lines at several locations at the ports throughout the day and into the night. The workers striking are protesting misclassification as independent contractors in an ongoing struggle to improve working conditions at the ports. Read More...
he Communications Workers of America announced details Monday of the tentative labor agreement reached with Verizon on Friday, ending a six week strike by 39,000 workers from the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The four-year contract includes 1300 new U.S. Read More...
In a major victory for American workers, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled Thursday evening that healthcare software company Epic Systems in Verona, Wisconsin could not require mandatory arbitration agreements where employees are forced to waive their rights to collective and class actions. Read More...
The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are declaring victory for nearly 40,000 Verizon workers who have been on strike since April 13. Celebrating big gains after reaching a tentative agreement with the company Friday, the unions say they have achieved their major goals of improving working families’ standard of living, creating good union jobs in their communities and achieving a first contract for wireless retail store workers.
Bob Master is Assistant to the Vice President of the CWA:
After 1100 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 voted to authorize a strike at 41 Kroger Grocery Stores in Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, the union has reached a tentative contract deal with the company. The union says it’s a much better deal than the company’s previous “last best and final offer,” where the highest raise that anyone at these stores would ever see would be 25 cents. Local 400 Communications Manager Jonathan Williams: “The same week that we had this offer, the company gave its millionaire CEO a 17 percent raise. The com
The names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson — scrubbed because of their ties to slavery — won’t be the only glaring void when Connecticut Democrats hold their annual fundraising dinner next week
