On June 18, 2026, a worker at the FedEx World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee, was hospitalized after succumbing to severe overheating while on the job. The hospitalized worker, Darius Smith (name changed for privacy), spoke […]
Jesse Leal, a 29-year-old Guatemalan worker, was killed at the Pilgrim’s Pride meat processing plant in Minnesota after being crushed by machinery while repairing a loading dock on June 25. While workers managed to remove […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. After nearly two years of what workers describe as bad-faith and regressive bargaining, Houston glaziers represented by Glaziers Local 1778 launched an unfair labor practice strike against […]
Read our editorial on the significance of strikes here. Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers across five unions voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in June. Through a three-day strike […]
Delegates to the United Auto Workers’ 2026 Constitutional Convention voted to prohibit investment in Israel bonds on June 18. The Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) caucus, which seeks “to build a militant, democratic UAW”, […]
Amazon Worker Correspondent As Amazon launches Prime Day this year, warehouse and delivery workers are once again facing dangerous work speed-ups and mandatory overtime during one of the company’s busiest sales periods. Amazon reported $12.7 […]
This is a developing story. A construction worker was killed in a fall from a crane at a construction site in the Windsor Park neighborhood of Austin, TX, on June 17. The site’s building permits […]
A worker was killed by machinery on June 3 at a sawmill in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Local authorities responded to a medical call at W.G. Sullivan Co. Lumber Yard around 7pm, where they say the […]
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 […]
