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To Build Back Better, Give Workers a Voice and a Stake

This week, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos realized his dream of flying to space, after spending a reported $5 billion on his rocket company.

To Build Back Better, Give Workers a Voice and a Stake

Petition: Pass the PRO Act and Protect Workers’ Rights

Workers’ rights are under attack.

Our outdated labor laws have been chipped away and weakened by anti-worker legislators. Every day, we hear about corporations openly union-busting and retaliating against working people without consequence.

Petition: Pass the PRO Act and Protect Workers’ Rights

Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment

In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their losses were far less severe than those of Hispanic men and women.

Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment

As In-Person Court Appearances Resume, ALAA Condemns OCA and City Over Deplorable Courthouse Conditions

The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys - UAW Local 2325 (ALAA) this week condemned the NY State Office of Court Administration (OCA), the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), the NYC Department of Correction (DOC), and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for failing t

As In-Person Court Appearances Resume, ALAA Condemns OCA and City Over Deplorable Courthouse Conditions

Average S&P 500 Company CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Rises to 299-to-1

2020’s growth in pay inequity between workers and CEOs confirms the “executive base salary reductions” touted during the COVID-19 crisis were just lip service, per this year’s AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report.

Average S&P 500 Company CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio Rises to 299-to-1

Actors Equity Association Releases New Ventilation Protocols with SMART

Actors' Equity Association has partnered with the National Energy Management Institute (NEMI), the ventilation, indoor air quality and air balancing arm of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers to release a new model ventilation standard for li

Actors Equity Association Releases New Ventilation Protocols with SMART