After 10 Workers Get COVID-19, 1,000 Meatpackers Walk Off the Job in Colorado
On Monday, JBS announced that ten workers at its Greeley, Colorado plant tested positive for COVID-19. In response to this, on Tuesday, nearly 1,000 meatpacking…
On Monday, JBS announced that ten workers at its Greeley, Colorado plant tested positive for COVID-19. In response to this, on Tuesday, nearly 1,000 meatpacking…
Today, the Amalgamated Transit Union announced the death of Scott Ryan, a 41-year-old bus driver and father of three from Everett, Washington, who had warned…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
(UPDATE: After receiving hundreds of angry tweets, Gibson Guitar announced today that they would not be re-opening their factory on Monday) Nashville-based Gibson Guitars last…
Today, General Motors announced plans to shutter its plants employing more than 45,000 people across the United States. At first, Derrick McKibben, at General Motors’…
This morning, Payday Report broke the story of how Nissan was forcing 6,000 workers to continue to work in dangerous conditions in Canton, Mississippi. The…
On Tuesday, Nissan shut down Britain’s largest car plant in Sunderland, where over 6,000 mostly white members of the British union Unite maintain a powerful…
“I have been trying to hide my cough all day,” says 38-year-old Lyft driver Carlos Ramos. Ramos, who lives in Bakersfield, typically drives three hours…
PITTSBURGH, PA. – Today, video of hundreds of people partying on St. Patrick’s Day on Pittsburg’sh South Side went viral around the nation. Despite warning…