One of the country’s largest teacher unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without adequate security measures amid the global pandemic. The American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.7 million school employees, issued a resolution on Tuesday saying it will support any local chapter …
Read More »Biden’s climate plan tries to lead unions to the clean energy revolution
Joe Biden’s latest climate change and clean energy plan mentions the word union more than the climate itself. Because it is important: Wind and solar energy They have grown tremendously across the United States in the past decade, but associated union jobs have not. The alleged Democratic presidential candidate is …
Read More »Workers have to track virus cases
(Newser) – Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet, not for work, but for a recent hobby: Finding out how many of Amazon’s 400,000 warehouse workers have become ill with the coronavirus, the AP reports. Amazon won’t give out a number, so Jumpp tracks it alone and …
Read More »A major grocery and meatpacking union demands mask requirements
A major union representing thousands of workers in supermarkets, meat packing plants, and nursing homes said officials and government companies should require masks in public places to control the spread of the coronavirus as Texas, Florida, and other states spread. become the new critical points. Marc Perrone, president of the …
Read More »