Sure, I’d watched and loved Karloff (pictured below, without makeup) playing all those scary roles growing up as a kid. He made Halloween that much more special for me and for so many others and the memories that I’ve kept…
State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. They're demanding better pay, affordable health care coverage, and flexibility to work from home. This…
“AI is leveraged as a cudgel against the working class,” says writer and sociologist Alex Hanna. Music: Son Monarcas and Guustavv Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final…
Food systems employ more workers than any other sector of the global economy — roughly 1.4 billion people. And few industries are more rife with worker abuse. A child works with a team of seasonal agricultural laborers picking tomatoes on a farm…
The board also certified the union at the West Allis clinic after rejecting the company's objections to the April election. The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint accusing Rogers Behavioral Health of illegally firing six employees at its…
An insurgent slate is challenging the longtime incumbents in Local 8-Golden State, one of the largest locals in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in what may be the local’s first competitive election in decades. And now, after protecting…
When Saudia Durrant approached the manager at an REI store in Manhattan earlier this month to explain that Polartec, the company that makes much of the fabric that REI uses in their products, was closing their flagship production facility in…
Roaming the sleepy streets of Pullman on Chicago’s Southeast Side, it’s difficult to imagine a time when it was the chaotic center of worker struggle in the United States. Later known as the Pullman Strike, the struggle became the largest-ever…
It’s Wonkette membership drive week! Have you subscribed? The paypal way to send us money But none of this made Lewis comfortable. He still saw the future of labor as between his workers — whom he was happy to mobilize to…
"As much as near-future speculative vignettes are effective in illustrating the dangers of unfettered technology uptake in the workplace, they also lay bare the underlying problem: Workers in the US are hindered by weak workplace protections and a profound lack…
Working people and their unions: strikes, organising drives, labour law, union politics and the fight over pay.
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