• info@workplacefairness.org
Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin Twitter Youtube
Donate Now

unions

Domestic Workers Form Historic Partnership With AFL-CIO

Leave a Comment / unions / By

Nationwide, millions of domestic workers—largely immigrant women—labor long hours cleaning, cooking, taking care of other people’s children and otherwise performing necessary tasks for wealthier people whose own jobs or lifestyles don’t leave them time or energy for this work. The work is frequently off-the-books and rarely covered by binding labor agreements or even individual contracts. …

Domestic Workers Form Historic Partnership With AFL-CIO Read More »

German Workers Rally For T-Mobile USA Employees’ Rights

Leave a Comment / unions / By

More than 500 workers from ver.di, the German telecommunications workers union, today descended on Deutsche Telekom’s global annual shareholders’ meeting in Cologne  to demand  the company ensure its American employees at T-Mobile USA the same rights enjoyed by its German workforce. The workers formed a human chain around the meeting venue and released black balloons as a …

German Workers Rally For T-Mobile USA Employees’ Rights Read More »

After Half-Decade Struggle, Rite Aid Workers Form Union at Giant Distribution Center

Leave a Comment / unions / By

Rite Aid workers at the company’s massive Southwest Distribution Center in Lancaster, Calif., declared victory on May 1 in their five-year effort to form a union and improve working conditions. Workers signed a three-year tentative contract with management—subject to a May 12 membership ratification vote—that will improve conditions at the million-square-foot facility in California’s high …

After Half-Decade Struggle, Rite Aid Workers Form Union at Giant Distribution Center Read More »

Foundry Workers Strike to Save Their Healthcare

Leave a Comment / health insurance, unions / By

Berkeley, Calif.—A strike of more than 450 workers in one of the largest foundries on the west coast brought production to a halt Sunday night, at Pacific Steel Castings.  The work stoppage, which began at midnight, has continued with round-the-clock picketing at the factory gates in West Berkeley. Local 164B of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, …

Foundry Workers Strike to Save Their Healthcare Read More »

Attacking Wisconsin’s Middle Class

Leave a Comment / Employment, Equal Opportunity, Gender Discrimination, labor, Public Workers, unions / By

Media coverage of Madison’s thousands of demonstrators has focused on Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.  Members of 9to5, Association of Working Women have stood with those calling for fairness for working families.  But it’s clear that governor and conservative state legislators’ agenda is bigger than just union busting.  …

Attacking Wisconsin’s Middle Class Read More »

Amendment to Thwart Airport Security Officers’ Bargaining Rights Defeated in Senate

Leave a Comment / unions, workplace innitiatives / By

On Tuesday, the Senate voted down a Republican-authored amendment to the FAA Authorization Act that would have eliminated the collective bargaining rights of baggage screeners at the Transportation Security Administration. These workers, also known as TSOs, were granted limited collective bargaining rights on February 4 in a historic decision by TSA Administrator John Pistole, who …

Amendment to Thwart Airport Security Officers’ Bargaining Rights Defeated in Senate Read More »

New Labor Split? Trumka Refuses to Denounce Obama Chamber of Commerce Speech

Leave a Comment / Chamber of Commerce / By

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Many in the labor movement objected to President Barack Obama speaking at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Yet there was little protest from AFL-CIO leaders to the president’s speech. For the first time, President Obama ventured over to the Chamber of Commerce to speak. While the speech was full of the usual platitudes of …

New Labor Split? Trumka Refuses to Denounce Obama Chamber of Commerce Speech Read More »

Day of Action: Workers, Activists Call for Democracy in Egypt

Leave a Comment / Egypt / By

Union members from all parts of the world today joined with community activists in a Day of Action for Democracy in Egypt. In actions outside Egyptian embassies and government buildings, they pressed their governments to demand a democratic transition in Egypt and guarantee that those responsible for the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations be brought …

Day of Action: Workers, Activists Call for Democracy in Egypt Read More »

AFL-CIO, Global Unions Applaud New Egyptian Labor Movement

Leave a Comment / Egypt / By

Representatives of the Egyptian union movement announced they are forming a new labor federation, the Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions, which will represent workers in more than a dozen industries and  enterprises. The federation also plans to set a date for a nationwide general strike for democracy and fundamental rights. Many people believe the labor demonstrations in …

AFL-CIO, Global Unions Applaud New Egyptian Labor Movement Read More »

Copyright © 2023 Workplace Fairness, All rights reserved.

Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin Twitter Youtube
Scroll to Top

Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

  • “New York, NY”