Labor Issues
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Activision Blizzard Workers Form Gaming Industry’s First Major Union
A group of workers at the video game giant Activision Blizzard have voted decisively to unionize, giving organized labor a…
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Republicans Still Control A Key Mine Safety Agency In Biden’s Second Year As President
Sixteen months into the Biden presidency, Republicans still effectively control a federal agency that oversees mine safety, frustrating miner advocates…
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Biden Labor Appointee Pursues Ban On Anti-Union Meetings At Work
A top labor official appointed by President Joe Biden has taken aim at mandatory anti-union meetings at work, saying she…
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How Amazon Workers Beat The Union Busters At Their Own Game
Faced with union organizing efforts in Alabama and New York City last year, Amazon did what most U.S. employers in…
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MLB owners could delay Opening Day if there’s no labor deal by Monday
An official MLB baseball sits on top of an MLB game-used base with a lock and chain around it to…
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Nearly Two Years Into The Pandemic, Hotel Workers Are Still Waiting To Be Rehired
Joseph Tolbert was recently called back to his job in the banquet department of the Washington Hilton for the first…
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The Number Of U.S. Workers Who Belong To Unions Fell In 2021
The share of U.S. workers who belong to a labor union dropped in 2021 to hover near a historic low,…
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