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Sheet Metal Workers Arrested for Trying to Get Veterans on BRE Properties...
On Veterans Day, SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) held an action in San Francisco to deliver a letter to BRE Properties CEO Connie Moore. The letter asked the company to...
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Union Members, Politicians Arrested at LaGuardia Airport MLK Day March for...
Michael Nagle for The New York Times 32 people, including several prominent politicians, were arrested for participating in a march and act of civil disobedience yesterday as they blocked traffic on...
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Mississippi Senate Passes Host of Anti-Union Bills, Could Stifle UAW Progress...
Last week, the Mississippi state senate passed three bills aimed at reigning in “union privilege.” State Sen. John Polk, R-Hattiesburg, presented the bills on the Senate floor and urged their...
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Nearly 1000 Protest “Right-to-Work,” Paycheck Deception, Wage-Slashing at...
Photo by Marie French Close to a thousand union members joined at the Missouri state capitol this week to protest “Right-to-Work” legislation currently being considered by the legislature. House...
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McDonald’s Wage Theft Lawsuits Span the Nation as Poll Data Reveals Nearly...
Gawker reports that a coalition of McDonald’s workers are suing the company for wage theft in New York, California, and Michigan. The workers, affiliated with the Fast Food Forward movement, claim...
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L.A. Workers Flood City Hall Streets, Protest Predatory Bank Fees, Rising...
With their contracts expiring at midnight, city workers in Los Angeles flooded the streets around city hall in protest on Tuesday. Secretaries, 911 dispatchers, traffic controllers, sanitation...
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San Jose Plumbers Union Pickets Use of Out-of-State Workers
(pic by Nathan Donato-Weinstein) Members of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 393 have been picketing the One South Market apartment complex in San Jose, California, claiming that out of town,...
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Former GOP Leader Slams Walker’s “Right-to-Work” Fast Tracking; $5.8B of...
On Friday, Wisconsin Republicans called for a special session to pass “Right-to-Work” legislation. The bill has been ‘fast-tracked’ by Governor Scott Walker, meaning the public will be unable to...
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Workers Rally at Nevada Legislature While Prevailing Wage-Limiting Bill is...
A wage attack born in the Nevada Senate brought workers of all types together in protest on Thursday, the Las Vegas Sun reports: Union and nonunion workers overwhelmed hallways and committee rooms....
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7,000 Attend Workers Rising Rally in WV; Legislative Session Ends Saturday
via WVpress.com Last weekend, thousands of West Virginia workers gathered at the state capitol in Charleston for the Mountaineer Workers Rising rally to protest the agenda of the state’s GOP. Since...
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French Officials Arrest Uber Executives; Taxi Drivers Riot and Strike Saying...
Last week, French authorities took a strident step in their quest to crack down on UberPOP, the country’s equivalent to UberX, by arresting Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and Uber Europe general...
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Put Them To the Tes: Union Workers Walk off High-end Nevada Carmaker Job Site...
The car battery factory in question Nearly 350 construction workers walked off the job at Tesla’s battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday. More than 100 picketed outside the main...
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Building Trades Protest Unmet Local Hiring Mandates at Tesla Shareholders’...
Earlier this year, union and nonunion workers walked off the job Outside a recent Tesla shareholders meeting, members of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada (BCTCNN)...
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San Jose Construction Workers Protest Use of Outside Labor: “It’s Pure and...
Construction workers took to the streets of San Jose late last month to voice their displeasure with Cupertino-based developer KT Urban. Their complaints do not begin and end with KT, however. Union...
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MI House Passes Anti-Union Bills to Prevent Picketing and Facilitate Hiring...
Rep. Gary Glenn, a staunch defender of…we’re not exactly sure. Elections have consequences, and Michigan workers are about to find that out the hard way. The state House of Representatives has passed...
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