Tag: Labor

When George Lucas first created Star Wars, he used non-union workers to make the visual effects-heavy film quickly. But decades later, visual effects (VFX) workers…

A major strike could rock the Las Vegas strip. 40,000 workers at the MGM Grand, Caesar's Palace, and other iconic Vegas hotels and casinos are…

For decades, workers who make protein for Nestle made a fair living. After a $26 billion takeover, a new owner wants to take away lunch…

We visited Trump's "rally for autoworkers" in Detroit to talk with workers about the presidential race and working class power. The only autoworker we could…

We dug into how American tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it. It turns out that your tips are subsidizing the…

For decades, battery manufacturing supported the communities of Fennimore and Portage, Wisconsin. Then suddenly, last year, everything changed. Energizer is moving its jobs here overseas—to…

President Joe Biden's administration just unveiled the American Climate Corps, a program to put 20,000 people to work in clean energy and climate resiliency. But…

The United Auto Workers are taking solidarity to the next level. We went down to the picket lines with Labor Notes to talk with workers…

The United Auto Workers strike is historic. Not just because it's the first time in history the union is striking all Big 3 automakers—Ford, GM,…

Last updated 9/18/23 @ 12:55 p.m. ET The United Auto Workers are negotiating new labor contracts with the Big 3 automakers — Ford, General Motors,…

26,000 flight attendants at American Airlines may walk out on strike soon. 99% voted in favor of authorizing a strike. That means that if the…

150,000 autoworkers across the United States could walk off the job this month. They’re fighting for a 40% pay increase — the same raise that…