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Despite Weeks of Union-Busting, Workers at Imperfect Foods Vote to Unionize Companies like Imperfect Foods hold great sustainability potential, but that must not come at the expense of workers. Truthout Drivers at Imperfect Foods, a climate-conscious grocery delivery service, have voted to unionize after weeks of being manipulated and intimidated by union-busting consultants hired by the company’s management. The official tally was delayed by a company objection to an April vote, which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled on May 7, thereby certifying the election. It’s a vi...

Aaron Favila / AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—From coast to coast, demands for passage of the PRO Act, the most pro-worker labor law overhaul in 86 years, will take center stage at May Day marches, teach-ins, and events, preceded by other pro-PRO Act actions that began on April 26. The AFL-CIO reports more than 700 events are planned, and that count may be low, as individual unions check in with their own marches and meetings. And five big Bay Area labor councils joined together for a May Day march in San Francisco. Add to those events and marches one big town hall, on May 2, People’s World and the...

Aaron Favila / AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—From coast to coast, demands for passage of the PRO Act, the most pro-worker labor law overhaul in 86 years, will take center stage at May Day marches, teach-ins, and events, preceded by other pro-PRO Act actions that began on April 26. The AFL-CIO reports more than 700 events are planned, and that count may be low, as individual unions check in with their own marches and meetings. And five big Bay Area labor councils joined together for a May Day march in San Francisco. Add to those events and marches one big town hall, on May 2, People’s World and the...

Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Green New Deal Is Essential for Human Survival Sen. Ed Markey speaks during a news conference held to reintroduce the Green New Deal at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Sarah Silbiger / Getty Images This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Earth Day has been celebrated since 1970, an era which marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement, with concerns built primarily around air and water pollution. Of course, the state of the ...

Wyden, Merkley, Democrat colleagues reintroduce ‘Green New Deal’ resolution WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Thursday they joined colleagues to reintroduce the Green New Deal Resolution, legislation that they said would address the existential challenge of climate change and create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the process. “Oregonians enduring longer wildfire seasons along with prolonged droughts know full well how the climate crisis is already ravaging  communities throughout our state,” Wyden said. “The need to act is now, and the Green...