Labor
UFCW: Tyson rivals Smithfield in its disregard for workers
June 26, 2020LOGANSPORT, Ind.—The now-infamous Smithfield pork production plant in South Dakota apparently has a “rival” of sorts among food processing factories that have become coronavirus pandemic hotspots. Welcome to the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport,...
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Postal Workers caravan delivers 2 million ‘Save USPS’ petitions to Washington
June 24, 2020Stopping vote-by-mail is one reason Republicans are determined to cripple the Postal Service.
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ILWU shuts down West Coast ports to honor Juneteenth
June 22, 2020All the major ports from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego—were shut down for eight hours June 19 by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
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AFL-CIO endorses Juneteenth celebrations happening across the country today
June 19, 2020The nation’s largest labor federation issued a special statement today calling Juneteenth “a day of profound meaning to Black workers, as it should be to all workers.”
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‘Workers First’ car caravans drive mass turnouts nationwide
June 18, 2020The call nationwide is for putting workers first and for creating racial and economic justice.
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