“Our members know Jared’s strong pro-worker record in Harrisburg of preserving workers’ rights, raising the minimum wage, and investing in workforce development programs that benefit workers,” said UFCW 1776 President Wendell Young IV.
When it felt like the world was falling apart, these movements brought people together to make what seemed impossible, possible.
The billion-dollar company profits off pushing workers like me to our physical limits — only to ignore us when we’re hurt on the job.
The mainstream media has all but completely abandoned covering labor and the working class, which underscores why it is so important to support independent media like Rick’s show.
The UPS Teamsters’ negotiations with the world’s largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing. One in particular: Labor militancy works.
This group’s money is building a far-right infrastructure state by state that is undermining electoral democracy, dismantling the separation of church and state, attacking public education, and eroding workers’ rights.
Already underpaid nurses, physical therapists and social workers who care for your loved ones can now get further squeezed by private agencies raking in your tax dollars.
The company is firing union leaders, understaffing stores that are unionizing, and has even closed entire stores that have dared to take up union activity, including the first store in Seattle to unionize.
This national organizing effort is set to reach campuses from coast to coast, with demonstrations, labor organizing workshops, and other events focusing on worker justice.
Ehasz’s unwavering support for teachers and public education was highlighted in contrast to Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick’s support for extremist Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates.
Advocates for the unhoused in Bucks County weigh in on what this decision could mean for our most vulnerable community members.
The new federal standards demonstrate that the Biden administration takes clean water seriously and will continue to take necessary action to stop chemical manufacturers from endangering our most vulnerable residents.
“Keeping people in poverty is not how we move the Commonwealth forward – our current wage is immoral and unjustifiable,” said the Philadelphia County lawmaker.
Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are fear-mongering over noncitizen voting, which is among the oldest tactics in American electoral politics.
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