Labor
Workers cite awful conditions inside Amazon’s monstrous Staten Island fulfillment center
January 19, 2022Employees at the warehouse tell People's World about back-breaking work, rampant COVID infections, and 60-hour workweeks.
Read more
With workers’ and voting rights in the balance, labor campaigns against filibuster
January 18, 2022Mitch McConnell and the other heirs of Jim Crow are weakening the foundations of our democracy.
Read more
With Senate showdown looming, voting rights tops unions’ MLK commemorations
January 18, 2022Votes are scheduled this week on two bills designed to stop the voter suppression schemes of the Republicans and their corporate puppeteers.
Read more
Tucson nurses say ‘enough’ to employer greed, demand safe staffing
January 14, 2022The union stressed that the bosses are seeking to make the "crisis standard of care" and "crisis staffing levels" into the new normal after COVID.
Read more
AFSCME wins twice in Chicago, unionizing Art Institute and its school
January 14, 2022The 600 workers involved in the Windy City join more than 10,000 museum staffers nationwide who are unionized.
Read more