SEATTLE — Amazon, which faces mounting scrutiny over worker rights, agreed to let its warehouse employees more easily organize in the workplace as part of a nationwide settlement with the […]
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Back to news homeArchitects Are the Latest White-Collar Workers Drawn to Unions
For decades, architects have enjoyed a place alongside doctors and lawyers among the professionals most revered by pop culture and future in-laws.And for good reason. Architects spend years in school […]
Workers in Europe Are Demanding Higher Pay as Inflation Soars
PARIS — The European Central Bank’s top task is to keep inflation at bay. But as the cost of everything from gas to food has soared to record highs, the […]
The Achilles’ Heel of Biden’s Climate Plan? Coal Miners.
All of that has raised the stakes for courting coal miners.“Our guiding principle is the belief that we don’t have to choose between good jobs and a clean environment,” said […]
Kellogg Workers Prolong Strike by Rejecting Contract Proposal
About 1,400 striking workers at four Kellogg cereal plants in the United States have rejected a tentative agreement on a five-year contract negotiated by their union, the company said on […]
Teamsters Vote for Sean O’Brien, a Hoffa Critic, as President
Sean O’Brien was a rising star in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 2017 when the union’s longtime president, James P. Hoffa, effectively cast him aside.But that move appears to […]
Starbucks Wants Union Vote Delayed in Buffalo
Just days before workers at three Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area were scheduled to begin voting on unionization, both labor and management took steps that reflect the high stakes […]
Why the Media Loves Labor Now
Mr. Shakir said More Perfect Union has shied away from coverage of the new organizing among tech workers and journalists.“Reporters love to report on other reporters, so there is not […]
Can Progress on Diversity Be Union-Made?
Mr. Erlich is one of the authors of a book addressing the history of racial exclusion in the building trades. He notes that the original Boston Residents Jobs Policy in […]
In the Recovering Economy, Workers Have More Leverage
At 3M, a multinational manufacturing company based in Minnesota, internal polling showed that 87 percent of employees valued flexibility in where they could work; in August, while the Delta variant […]