On May 1, 1886, Chicago unionists, reformers, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national movement for an eight-hour day. Between April 25 and May 4, workers attended scores of meetings and paraded through the streets at least 19 times. On Saturday, May 1, 35,000 workers walked off their jobs. […]
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on May 1, 2022in Western WI AFL-CIO News Archivetags: afl-cio, chicago, death, eight hour work day, haymarket, history, Labor Day, labor history, Loyalty Day, may day, reformers, union, unionists, unrest, Workers, wwaflcio
‘We went from heroes to zeroes’: US nurses strike over work conditions
on July 31, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America, California, chicago, Coronavirus, Corpus Christi Medical Center, COVID-19, delta, deteriorating working conditions, family supporting jobs, Heart-wrenching, Los Angeles, Memphis, Methodist University hospital, National Nurses United, Pandemic, patient safety concerns, quarantine, safe jobs, SEIU, texas, understaffing, USC Keck hospital, USC Norris Cancer
Last April people across America came out of quarantine each night to cheer the healthcare workers fighting to save lives a the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Sixteen months on, nurses around the US are holding strikes and picket actions amid claims of deteriorating working conditions and severe understaffing issues. Matt Robinson and Bobby Bluford […]
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