Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. Nearly 1,000 workers are on strike at a Dauch Corporation (formerly American Axle Manufacturing) manufacturing plant in Three Rivers, Michigan. The workers, organized by United Auto Workers […]
The Nashville Central Labor Council (CLC) hosted a press conference with city council members to welcome Starbucks’ relocation of its headquarters to the city on May 19, in response to the monopoly’s April announcement of […]
New York City hotel workers represented by the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council (HTC) union voted to ratify an eight-year contract on May 21. The union and the Hotel Association of New York reached a […]
25-year old coal miner Preston Pollard was crushed to death by a heavy equipment failure at the Combs Branch Mine in Perry County, Kentucky, in the morning on May 20. Pollard was performing maintenance under […]
25-year-old construction worker Jose Luis Bautista was killed at SpaceX’s South Texas Starbase facility on May 15 after the scaffolding he was standing on collapsed, falling to his death. Bautista was part of a crew […]
34-year-old die setter Jim Hopper was killed in a workplace accident at Thai Summit America Corporation, an auto-parts manufacturer located in Howell, Michigan, on May 18 after being pinned between two machine dies. Hopper was […]
A 57-year-old shipyard worker was killed May 22 after a fire and explosion tore through a Staten Island, NY, shipyard, injuring 40 others. The explosion occurred at May Ship Repair in Mariners Harbor, where workers […]
Amazon Worker Correspondent On May 10, 39-year-old worker De-Twon McShan was killed after passing out at his work station at the Amazon Fulfillment Center CLE3 in Euclid, Ohio. According to a police report, McShan told […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. Rideshare driver correspondent The Nashville city government finished construction on 25 rideshare pickup zones in downtown Nashville on May 17, nearly two years after two strikes led […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. Read our coverage of the LIRR strike here. Long Island Rail Road workers won many of their demands after going on a three-day strike that ended […]
