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Meeting Union Demands Would Be a Win-Win for Automakers

Meeting Union Demands Would Be a Win-Win for Automakers

| Sep 20, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of nearly 150,000 workers at America’s “Big Three” automakers, are on strike. On the face of it, UAW’s demands sound audacious. They’re calling for a 46 percent pay raise and a four-day workweek, among other things. But in the...
Mandatory Overtime Is Inhumane and Dangerous

Mandatory Overtime Is Inhumane and Dangerous

| Sep 7, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedShe only wanted a few hours at her dying mother’s bedside. But her bosses at Twin Rivers Paper in Madawaska, Maine forced her to work overtime on her day off. About an hour and a half into the mandatory shift, the woman’s mother died. Workers are battling harder than...
Don’t Blame Workers for Poor Service — Blame Our CEOs

Don’t Blame Workers for Poor Service — Blame Our CEOs

| Aug 24, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedEver get mad at a delivery driver for bringing your pizza late? I used to. Now I assume it’s late because an overpaid boss is probably making two employees do the job of 10.  What changed? I worked for two years at a company with the kind of chronic understaffing that...
A Hot Labor Summer — In More Ways Than One

A Hot Labor Summer — In More Ways Than One

| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer has been a hot one for labor as strikes and other worker actions have swept the country. At the same time, workers have been toiling in one of the hottest summers ever recorded due to the ongoing climate emergency. This has put millions at greater risk of...
Southern Workers Are Defying History

Southern Workers Are Defying History

| May 31, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWorkers at Blue Bird Corporation in Fort Valley, Georgia, launched a union drive to secure better wages, work-life balance, and a voice on the job. The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them. But they stood together, believed in...
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