Today, a group of mostly African-American workers, members of Teamsters Local 667, went on a wildcat strike at a warehouse in Memphis, after a co-worker tested positive for COVID-19. “We really in a hazardous situation and we scared,” Maurice Wiggins, a fork-lift driver told The Commercial Appeal’s reporter Sarah

PITTSBURGH, PA – Today, a group of several hundred, mostly African-American sanitation workers in Pittsburgh, members of Teamsters Local 249, went out on an illegal, wildcat strikes to protest unsafe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The strike comes as momentum for strikes goes with #GeneralStrike becoming the top trending topic

This evening, the UAW announced that 2 UAW members employed at Chrylser have died of COVID-19. “I can confirm that two UAW members who had tested positive, one at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant and one in Kokomo, at the Kokomo Transmission Plant (in Indiana), have passed. Both worked for

Newly elected Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear has received praise for his handling of the COVID-crisis. However, workers in manufacturing say that the Governor’s office has been slow in shutting down non-essential manufacturing. This week, the state of Kentucky launched a hotline (1-833-KY-SAFER) for workers to call to report