Today in 2005 Walmart agrees to pay a record $11 million to settle a civil immigration case for using undocumented immigrants to do overnight cleaning at stores in 21 states. ~ Labor Tribune
• US Foods drivers in Delaware vote to join Local 355 • Alabama’s coal miners are striking for their lives • We need labor lawyers on the bench • What the rich don’t want to admit about the poor • Why oil worker unions back clean energy • The Amazon that customers don’t see • 5 big upcoming Supreme Court decisions • It used to be that labor strikes were big national news • Unions take PROAct campaign to Amazon, Sen. Mark Warner • Amazon, sued repeatedly for lost wages, avoids paying workers for long waits and walks • The roots of today’s white-collar union wave are deeper than you think • Where to celebrate Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Maryland
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - Apr. 7 @ 10 a.m. Salisbury - Apr. 21 @ 10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!