Today in 2009 A handful of American companies announce nearly 60,000 layoffs today, as the recession that began during the George W. Bush presidency charges full-tilt toward what became known as the Great Recession.
• Frito-Lay workers celebrate successful strike • Teamsters establish a beachhead at XPO • Corporations aren’t going to save America • Teamsters support Fair and Open Skies Act • A devastating plant shutdown looms in West Virginia • ‘We all quit’: How workers are taking back their power • Administration moves to tilt pay and power toward workers • How unions and their allies are trying to hold Amazon accountable • Covid variant adds to worker anxieties. • Turn off, turn on: A simple step to thwart phone hackers
