Today in 1992 The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) took effect today. It requires employers to offer reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities and bans discrimination against such workers. ~Labor Tribune
• Teamsters at Republic Services authorize a strike • Washington Senate votes to ban ‘captive audience meetings’ • US flight attendants picket at 30 major airports • California fast-food workers launch new union • Brewery strike looms at Molson Coors plant in Texas • 1,700 Disneyland employees announce plan to unionize • Journalists turn to picket lines as the news business ails • ‘Unions are laboratories of democracy’: Labor reporter on the power of Labor • Teamsters, lawmakers demand neutrality from Delta Airlines CEO • ‘If you get everything you ask for in a negotiation, you didn’t ask for enough.’ • Amazon joins companies arguing NLRB is unconstitutional • Washington State Teamsters lead the way with pro-worker bills • Anheuser-Busch Teamsters rally ahead of possible strike
