UAWD Stands with Union Members for Reproductive Justice
Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) joins our union and the thousands upon thousands of workers who have taken to the streets to protest in denouncing the June 24 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade.
Opinion: Why manufacturing has seen the biggest spike in workers quitting
Manufacturing has weathered the biggest surge in workers quitting — a nearly 60 percent jump compared with pre-pandemic. No other industry has seen an increase like that. The reality is the sector no longer provides the good-paying jobs it once did. From 1976 to 2006,...
America’s biggest companies are flourishing during the pandemic and putting thousands of people out of work
A Post analysis found 45 of the 50 biggest U.S. companies turned a profit since March. The majority of firms cut staff and gave the bulk of profits to shareholders. Read the article here.
Briggs & Stratton’s demise: greed, mismanagement, blaming others
Just days before filing for bankruptcy in July, Milwaukee’s Briggs & Stratton Corp., at one time the largest producer of small engines in the world and employer to 11,000 union production workers making a solid, middle-class living, handed its top executives $5...