Labor unions voice concern over COVID vaccine mandates for workers
Employers are considering ‘get vaccinated or get fired’ requirements for workers — and that has unions concerned.
By Amy Lieu - January 25, 2021Employers are considering ‘get vaccinated or get fired’ requirements for workers — and that has unions concerned.
By Amy Lieu - January 25, 2021House Minority Whip Steve Scalise has a lifetime AFL-CIO score of just 9%.
By Josh Israel - January 21, 2021A group of labor advocates has filed suit to compel the state to actually protect workers in the middle of a pandemic.
By Amy Lieu - December 11, 2020The chair of the Federal Salary Council says ‘as a matter of conscience’ he ‘can no longer serve’ Trump and his administration.
By Josh Israel - October 26, 2020Trump can’t help himself when it comes to gutting protections for federal workers.
By Tana Ganeva - October 23, 2020Thousands of American workers are preparing to go on strike if Donald Trump refuses to peacefully leave office.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 23, 2020The Trump administration is slashing pay for farmworkers, which could benefit Donald Trump himself.
By Amy Lieu - October 19, 2020A top pollster said the debate helped Biden, but Trump’s positions on key issues are helping Biden more.
By Josh Israel - October 06, 2020Eighty percent of LGBTQ people believe it’s more important to stop the virus in its tracks than to get back to business as usual.
By Casey Quinlan - September 04, 2020‘Corporate power is a threat to racial justice.’
By Associated Press - July 12, 2020Despite Monday’s historic Supreme Court decision, LGBTQ workers are still at risk on the job.
By Casey Quinlan - June 16, 2020‘We are frontline workers too.’
By Tavleen Tarrant - May 13, 2020One health official said that the risks to employees ‘is going to increase the more people are working.’
By Associated Press - May 13, 2020Substitute teachers and aides have been largely left jobless amid the pandemic — and few are guaranteed a job when schools reopen in the fall.
By Liz Posner - April 29, 2020Business lobbyists are trying to secure legal protections from Congress to ensure that companies aren’t held liable for coronavirus-related damages when they reopen.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2020‘People are now scared to work because of fear of getting stopped.’
By Josh Israel - April 14, 2020Employees are seeking increased protection as they keep essential businesses in operation.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2020History says otherwise.
By Oliver Willis - January 08, 2020All the 2020 candidates who qualified for the December debate say they’ll stand by campus workers protesting for better wages and affordable health insurance.
By Associated Press - December 13, 2019New Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia is already pushing a reverse Robin Hood scheme to let restaurant owners effectively take tips from servers to save themselves money.
By Josh Israel - October 08, 2019Tens of thousands of UAW workers are demanding higher wages and affordable health care. But the Republican senator from Florida says it’s about ‘America First.’
By Josh Israel - September 24, 2019Though conservatives in all branches of government are trying to get rid of unions, they remain overwhelmingly popular.
By Lisa Needham - August 29, 2019The administration is trying to undermine the membership and effectiveness of federal labor unions.
By Lisa Needham - July 15, 2019Workers lose out again under Trump.
By Lisa Needham - March 13, 2019The fallout from Trump’s disastrous 35-day shutdown is still hurting workers.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 01, 2019The Paycheck Fairness Act passed out of the House Education and Labor Committee without a single vote from the committee’s Republican members.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 26, 2019Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is deeply unpopular as he prepares for a tough 2019 election in Kentucky.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 20, 2018It’s a courageous act that puts a well-deserved spotlight on Trump’s racism and hypocrisy toward immigrants.
By Emily Crockett - December 06, 2018David Wolkinson just told Michigan firefighters, police, auto industry workers, and teachers why they should support his Democratic opponent for state legislature instead of him.
By Bernie Dennler III - October 28, 2018A 2012 ruling by Brett Kavanaugh made sure Trump was able to screw over his own casino workers.
By Emily Crockett - July 30, 2018