Today in 2004 Nearly 100,000 unionized SBC Communications Inc. workers begin a four-day strike to protest the local phone giant’s latest contract offer.
• NLRB says ‘Scabby the Rat’ is free speech • Extreme heat is killing American workers • AFL-CIO: Paywatch data shows need for PRO Act • New report details housing crisis for workers • Amazon to end on-site Covid testing for warehouse workers • It’s been 12 years since Congress raised the minimum wage • First rank-and-file Teamster appointed to AEI national bargaining committee • Companies claim there’s a labor shortage. Their solution? Prisoners. • For minimum-wage workers, rent is now unaffordable in every county in America
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.
