The government is trying to roll back the country's labor laws, which offer some of the world's best protections to workers. Such strikes are going on largely due to the power of unions and workers' actions. Read more
President Obama said Wednesday that not only should Social Security not be weakened by cuts, but it's time "we finally made Social Security more generous and increased its benefits". Obama said increasing Social Security benefits is possible is the wealthy pay a little more into the program. Read More...
Last week workers at Babeland in New York City announced that they had voted overwhelmingly, 21 to 4, to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, becoming the only currently-organized adult sex-toy store in the country. Read More...
1600 Workers at the world’s largest nickel mine have voted to strike if wage negotiations continue to stall. The Cerro Matoso mine in Columbia is owned by Australian-based company South32, which wants to cut the workforce by almost 20 percent. Read More...
Did you know big drug companies can raise the price of life-saving drugs at any time, for any reason, without telling anyone why....like ever? There’s a bill in the legislature that says Pharma bros like Martin Shkreli would have to give a reason for jacking up drug prices that hit businesses and working folks square in the pocket. But Big Pharma doesn’t like this bill. They want to keep the reasons they’re spiking drug costs to themselves.
50+ members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), District 9, packed the California Assembly Committee on Appropriations hearing room, complete with bright orange t-shirts and CWA logos. What was normally a boring committee meeting turned into quite a show of unity, and certainly caught the attention of lawmakers. Why such a big turnout? CWA members were present to oppose Assembly Bill 2395.
The “chicken little” crowd of corporate CEOs and their lobbyists keeps saying anything California does to boost working people is a “job killer.” Unfortunately for them, the facts tell a very different story. Look no further than the latest unemployment figures, showing yet another drop to 5.3 percent, the lowest level since 2007.
