Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia
After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the…
Five-Day Strike by Kaiser Permanente Workers Is About More Than Money
Kaiser employees are calling for a lucrative medical giant that handles care for more than 12 million Americans to let them better prioritize patients.
Chris Hedges: Nurses Fight Godzilla
The severe nursing shortages in hospitals across the country has turned one of the most important jobs in the medical profession into a nightmare. Nurses at a major hospital in…
UPS & Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal, Averting Strike
As the deal reached Tuesday goes out to union members for approval, Natalia Marques points out four things about the last-minute talks.
‘An Abomination’: Today Marks 14 Years Since the Last Federal Minimum Wage Increase
"$7.25/hour, in 2023, is a poverty wage," said the AFL-CIO.
Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR for Amazon While Ignoring Human Costs of ‘Prime Day Deals’
This year, like every year, Amazon workers’ attempts to draw attention to their exploitative conditions were largely drowned out by hundreds of fawning PR press releases thinly disguised as articles…
Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet
By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes In the middle of Amazon’s Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery…
In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses
By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world. “Outside it smelled like burnt plastic, almost like trash,”…
UPS-Teamsters Contract Negotiations Collapse—What Gig Work Has To Do With It
With their UPS contract set to expire at the end of the month, the Teamsters have walked away from negotiations and begun practice pickets.
Caution: Children at Work
The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline.
The Need to Reform American Labor Laws
By Bernie Sanders / CounterPunch We are living in a moment where corporate America and the 1% have more economic and political power than they have ever had in the…
Why the Fight to Unionize Starbucks Matters to Us All
By Andrew Moss / CounterPunch For good reason, the fight to unionize Starbucks has drawn considerable public attention since workers at a Buffalo, New York store voted to unionize in…
US Labor Agency Rejects Starbucks’ Effort To Obtain Records of Worker Communications With Media
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined it was unlawful for Starbucks to request records of communications between unionized workers and…
Gig Work Is Getting Dangerous
Underpaid app workers are facing more pressure to accept risky clients. That's putting them in danger.
Hollywood Writers Are Striking to Save the Industry From Corporate Destruction
WGA reps say the rise of AI and streaming platforms has decimated working conditions and pay, putting the future of the industry at risk.