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A prominent Jewish-led labor group honored IBEW Local 103’s Lou Antonellis at its annual Labor Seder on Sun., April 7. The union’s business manager and financial secretary was recognized for his dedication “in diversifying the building trades and his pursuit of improving the wages and working conditions of electrical workers in New England.” Antonellis exemplifies the new
NEW YORK —Retail workers, trying to deal with hordes of customers between now and New Year’s Day, warehouse workers—especially at Amazon—engaging in backbreaking and sometimes dangerous toil to get your goods to you, and farmworkers who put food on your holiday tables need dignity and respec...
An unusual candidate has joined the growing calls for a Starbucks boycott—the coffee conglomerate itself. Baited by right-wing forces incensed by worker expressions of solidarity with Palestine, the company has committed one of its most desperate attacks on the growing Starbucks Workers United (SB...
And President Joe Biden will address the U.N. General Assembly.
Some of the largest labor unions in the nation now have African-Americans in top levels of leadership, representing workers nationally and internationally.