Tim Cook: Apple will ‘break new ground in generative AI’ this year Speaking at Apple's annual shareholder meeting, Tim Cook once again teased that Apple's AI announcements are coming at some point in 2024. Tom’s Guide · Feb 28, 2024
Microsoft partners with major US unions to try and reassure workers on AI Microsoft partners with the AFL-CIO in order to educate workers on AI and develop it in line with their feedback. TechRadar · Dec 12, 2023
‘Solidarity came naturally’: why Inter Miami’s support of striking hotel workers matters After accidentally wading into a labor dispute on a road trip, the club helped raise the visibility of workers’ struggles in southern California The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023
You’d need to work 5 lifetimes just to make your boss’s annual salary, report says The average S&P 500 CEO earned 272 times more than what an ordinary worker took home last year, researchers found. Fortune · Aug 4, 2023
Americans are hungry to be part of unions. So why is US labor so timid? Support for organized labor is soaring. Yet the biggest US union coalition endorsed Biden without asking anything in return The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023
Biden highlights solid backing from key Democratic factions As he ramps up his reelection campaign, Joe Biden is relying on allies from across the Democratic coalition to help him win a second term. Roll Call · Jun 20, 2023
Biden 2024 kickoff counters Trump with focus on economy, wealthy President Joe Biden called for new taxes on the wealthy and corporations and warned Republicans would roll back policies he argued had saved the U.S. economy, setting out core themes as he kicked off his reelection campaign. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
Joe Biden rallies with union workers in Philadelphia: ‘You built America’ President enlists support of union members against GOP tax cuts for the wealthy at first political rally of 2024 re-election campaign The Guardian - US · Jun 17, 2023
Biden to counter Trump by focusing on economy not indictments President Joe Biden plans to press his economic case for reelection at a campaign kickoff rally, setting up a contrast with now twice-indicted Republican rival Donald Trump. Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023
Black and Latino worker deaths soar Federal government spends just $3.99 per worker on workplace safety compliance and “underreporting is widespread" Salon · May 3, 2023
Why union membership is languishing amid labor revival High profile labor organizing hasn't boosted overall union numbers. Axios · Jan 23, 2023
How Democrats can build a 2024 blowout The lesson of 2022: If Democrats focus on core progressive issues that affect people's lives, anything is possible Salon · Nov 25, 2022
Republicans want working-class voters — without actually supporting workers GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2022
Head of LA Labor Federation resigns amid furor over leaked City Council recording, sources say LOS ANGELES — Facing outrage over a controversial leaked audio recording with top L.A. city officials, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera offered his resignation at a Monday night meeting with the federation’s executive board, which accepted, according to two sources close to the situation. Los Angeles Times · Oct 11, 2022
Reason · Sep 5, 2022 Biden Forgets That Workers Are Consumers Too Who does he think ultimately pays those taxes?
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 Biden, Harris prepare for traditional Labor Day events WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will head to events championing unionized labor at an inflection point for the movement, with workers in new industries and geographies seeking to organize.
Roll Call · Sep 2, 2022 Biden, Harris prepare for traditional Labor Day events - Roll Call President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris head to events championing unionized labor.
The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022 Biden headed to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh on Labor Day President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, just over two months before the November election
Ballotpedia · Aug 19, 2022 Union Station: Federal Labor Relations Authority decertifies National ICE Council On Aug. 11, Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Regional Director Jessica S. Bartlett granted the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) petition to disclaim representational interest in AFGE Council 118—the National ICE Council—and decertified the union. National ICE Council President Chris Crane called the decision whistleblower retaliation, and U.S. Sen.…
The Guardian - US · Aug 17, 2022 US labor leaders say underfunding at federal agency has ‘reached crisis stage’ Union officials fear that the overstretched NLRB won’t be able to handle the surge in union activity, giving corporations the upper hand
Los Angeles Times · Aug 11, 2022 Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last WASHINGTON — American labor leaders see this as a moment for radical change: Workers in Starbucks coffee shops and Amazon warehouses are rising up and demanding representation. Polls show millions more support unions or wish they had the chance to join them. President Biden, with majorities in both chambers of…
Ballotpedia · Jul 15, 2022 Union Station: National ICE Council will separate from American Federation of Government Employees The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) announced on July 12 that it had filed paperwork with the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to relinquish its representational interest in AFGE Council 118, the National ICE Council, which represents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022 Foundations embrace organized labor with $20 million plan Following a string of union victories at Amazon and Starbucks, a group of prominent progressive grantmakers is seeking to put a total of $20 million into a coalition with organized labor that will steer funds to organizing and advocacy campaigns in the South
WEKU · Jun 17, 2022 Organizing and adding members are top goals for the newly elected AFL-CIO president Elizabeth Shuler, the first woman ever elected president of the labor federation, is pledging a massive organizing drive over the next decade, with a goal of adding 1 million new union members.
The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2022 AFL-CIO unveils plan to grow but some union leaders underwhelmed Liz Shuler, the federation’s president, announces effort to increase membership by 1m but some say they ‘have to aim much higher’