September 1, 2023, is a day that will live in workers’ rights infamy. Texas House Bill 2127 will ban mandatory water breaks for all workers. Governor Greg Abbot has signed the bill, which critics have begun referring to as the “Death Star” bill, because...
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, assumed power last December during a political crisis. She was not elected, but rather appointed by the Peruvian Congress which had essentially driven the previous president, Pedro Castillo, from power. This was a grab for power,...
On June 25, 1892, the management of the Carnegie Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania, posted notices that the men working at the works could no longer work there if they were part of a union, and that each man would have to negotiate individually with management in...
The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Classes of new hires have been graduating and joining the ranks. Of course there are some generational differences, there always are. But the question in every...
On May 2, TV and movie writers went on strike for the first time in 15 years. Today’s strike includes some 11,500 film and TV writers, who belong to the union Writers Guild of America (WGA). The strike began when the union and the boss, the Alliance of Motion Picture...
