Today in 2003 Some 14,000 General Electric employees strike for two days to protest the company’s mid-contract decision to shift an average of $400 in additional health care co-payments onto each worker.
• Why are drug prices so high? • Virginia labor targets ‘right to work’ • The robots are coming for our jobs • Hoffa on the legacy of the “Battle in Seattle” • Labor board orders new Teamsters election at XPO • Frank Ordonez: A tribute to slain UPS driver in Florida • How supporters of the Green New Deal are showing up for workers • The strike in Virginia will determine the future of the area’s public transit • Senate bill could require employers to give staff 2-month notice before shutdown