With their campaign to free Brittney Griner from prison in Russia over, W.N.B.A. players say they will help free others and focus on women’s health and pay equity.
Category: Organized Labor
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Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize
The result, at a plant owned by General Motors and a South Korean company, is a milestone for the auto union in organizing electric vehicle workers.
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Biden Devotes $36 Billion to Save Union Workers’ Pensions
The money comes from last year’s Covid-19 relief package and will avert cuts of up to 60 percent in pensions for 350,000 Teamster truck drivers, warehouse and construction workers and food processors.
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From the DealBook Summit: Leaders Look Into the Future
Groundbreakers at the conference were asked what’s coming next for the brain, climate, medicine, labor, security and business.
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New York Times Union Announces One-Day Strike
Negotiators for the company and the union, which represents most of the newsroom, have failed to come to an agreement on salaries, health and retirement benefits, and other issues.
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U.K. Braces for Strikes Across Several Industries Through Christmas
Job actions by ambulance staff, nurses, rail workers and others will hit Britain every day between now and Dec. 25.
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Video Game Workers at Microsoft and Activision Take Steps to Unionize
Microsoft has remained neutral during a labor organizing bid as the Xbox maker seeks regulatory approval for its Activision acquisition.
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United Auto Workers Appear to Rebuke Leaders in First Vote by Members
Insurgent candidates showed strength, citing corruption scandals and calling for a tougher bargaining approach. The union president seems headed for a runoff.
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What to Know About Biden’s and Congress’s Involvement in the Rail Strike
President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to head off a holiday-season rail strike, warning that a disruption to service could cause dire economic damage.
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$150 World Cup Jerseys Made by Workers Getting $2.27 a Day
Garment workers in Myanmar earn less than $3 a day to produce soccer apparel for Adidas. Some say they were fired after asking factory owners for a raise.