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Cornell Workers Strike for the First Time in Decades

https://labornotes.org/2024/08/cornell-workers-strike-first-time-decades

Published: August 28, 2024 23:46

As students moved into campus, Cornell University’s 1,200 dining, custodial, and maintenance workers in Ithaca, New York, walked off the job August 18. “When you’re not getting paid a living wage in a place that certainly has the money to pay, it feels…

Interview: Bridging Political Divides through Solidarity

https://labornotes.org/2024/08/bridging-political-divides-through-solidarity

Published: August 28, 2024 18:49

How should unions engage with members drawn to right-wing, anti-worker politics and candidates? One union trying to tackle this disconnect is the Communications Workers (CWA). Steve Lawton, former president of CWA Local 1102 in New York (now merged with…

Canadian Rail Workers Locked Out

https://labornotes.org/2024/08/canadian-rail-workers-locked-out

Published: August 22, 2024 18:51

Ten thousand Canadian railroad workers were locked out early this morning after two sets of major contracts expired. Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) forced out locomotive engineers, conductors, and yard workers who are…

Workplace Safety Is Not a Game

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/workplace-safety-not-game

Published: August 22, 2024 16:55

Employer-sponsored “safety games” or “safety contests” may seem benign on the surface, but there’s a deadly motive. Employers are rediscovering an old scheme to con workers into undermining their own job safety. These games are designed to reward employees…

Striking Is in the Air at Boeing

https://labornotes.org/2024/08/striking-air-boeing

Published: August 22, 2024 14:46

Mondays and Wednesdays are loud at the vast Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. As the Machinists’ contract campaign heats up, the workforce has been serenading management at lunch with air horns, train horns, and vuvuzelas—plus chants of “Out the Door…

Grocery Teamster Gets Job Back, Prepares to Organize for More

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/08/grocery-teamster-gets-job-back-prepares-organize-more

Published: August 14, 2024 19:05

Sixteen months after his illegal firing, Juan Vargas walked into work in June to cheers and pats on the back from his co-workers at Anthony Marano Company, a major produce distributor in the Chicago area. He won full back pay. “They fired me because they…