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Labor organizing
British doctors seek jobs abroad amid discontent over NHS pay
Feb 19, 2024
As doctors prepare for another strike to protest their salaries and working conditions, some weigh opportunities in the U.S. and Canada.
Ski patrollers warm to unions to cope with low pay, high costs in resort areas
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Matt Bloom
Dec 27, 2023
They provide essential services like emergency rescue and avalanche prevention, but they often can't afford to live near where they work.
How important is a "ratification vote" in union contracts?
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Henry Epp
Nov 13, 2023
Union members from the auto industry to Hollywood actors are currently taking the votes. They are more than a rubber-stamping process.
Campus labor activism spreads to undergrads
Nov 6, 2023
And those students are likely to take their engagement beyond the academy.
Retail pharmacists walk out, citing overwork and understaffing
Nov 2, 2023
The walkout, called "pharmageddon" on social media, included pharmacists at CVS and Walgreens.
In California, child care providers unionized for better pay and retirement benefits
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Daisy Nguyen
Oct 31, 2023
California is one of 11 states that allows in-home child care providers to bargain collectively. This year, the union that represents 40,000 of these workers in that state won big in their fight for better pay and benefits.
As GM announces quarterly results, all eyes are on strike's effects
Oct 24, 2023
Investors — and the union — will be scrutinizing the numbers for clues about how the extended work stoppage is affecting the companies.
For public good, not for profit.
More workers move to create unions — but that doesn't always mean more members
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Henry Epp
Oct 16, 2023
Petitioning for union representation is just the first step in forming a union, and not all efforts make it to the finish line.
Walgreens pharmacists are walking off the job to protest working conditions
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Henry Epp
Oct 11, 2023
Retail pharmacists deal with understaffing and burnout as their job responsibilities expand beyond dispensing medication.
What's behind the UAW's demand for a 40% worker raise?
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Henry Epp
Aug 7, 2023
The union is making its case for the increase citing the higher cost of living and strong auto industry profits.