Latina Workers in Chicago & Poultry Workers in Virginia Strike Over COVID-19
With many food workers being forced to work as essential workers during COVID-19, workers are increasingly striking to draw attention to unsafe conditions. On Friday,…
After 42 Test Positive for COVID-19, Nurses in Western PA Walk Off Job
PITTSBURGH, PA – On Thursday, dozens of nurses, members of SEIU Healthcare PA, walked off at the Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center in Western Pennsylvania’s…
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…
ATU Shop Steward, Who Warned of COVID-19 Dangers, Dies From it
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…
Memphis Teamsters Wildcat Strike at Kroger’s Crucial Southern Warehouse
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…
Black Garbage Workers Go on Wildcat Strike in Pittsburgh as General Strike Wave Spreads
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,…
2 UAW Members at Chrysler Have Died of COVID-19
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…
Kentucky Hotline Not Helping Workers Forced to Work During COVID-19
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…
Gibson Guitar Forces Its Factory Workers in Nashville to Work During COVID-19
(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…
GM to Keep Plants Open for Another Week
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’…
IMPACT: Nissan to Suspend Production at Mississippi Plant
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…
6,000 Nissan Workers Forced to Work During COVID-19 in Mississippi
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…