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Labor
Short-staffing forces 22,000 Kaiser nurses into two-day strike in California
November 18, 2022The RNs demand more recruitment of nurses to replace those who left during the pandemic.
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Labor
Violations of labor law lead to Home Depot Workers Union loss in Philly
November 16, 2022A loss for the independent Home Depot Workers Union at the first store they targeted, in northeast Philadelphia.
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Labor
Biggest academic strike ever: Univ. of Calif. system forces 48K workers to walk
November 15, 2022Besides law-breaking, key issues include low pay, lack of job security, no help for married students, and sexual harassment and discrimination which the university system refuses to confront.
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Labor
Amazon demands workers work nights or get laid off, prompts walkouts in Minnesota
November 14, 2022E-retail giant demanded 29 workers, many of them migrants from Somalia, either change from day to overnight shifts or lose their jobs.
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Labor
Twitter workers sue Elon Musk for breaking federal law as he fires 3,700
November 10, 2022“It’s total chaos, the house melting down,” one San Francisco worker said.
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World
55K workers compel Ontario right-wing Premier Ford to back down from anti-strike law
November 9, 2022Canadian labor law is more pro-union than the U.S., with Ontario out front among the country’s provinces. Ford wants to change that.
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Labor
Delta, United, American Airlines pilots rebel against bosses
November 3, 2022Three times in three days pilots at three of the nation’s four largest airlines have said no to unacceptable contract offers.
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Labor
Communications Workers: Big federal contractor Maximus breaks labor law
October 21, 2022Union is targeting giant outfit that runs call centers that handle customers of Medicaid and Medicare.
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