Today's Workplace Blog

Service + Solidarity Spotlight: MEBA Fights for Better Pay and Working Conditions for Staten Island Ferry Mariners

January 21, 2022 No Comments

Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA) is raising the alarm

Your Employer’s Responsibility to Diversity in the Workplace

January 21, 2022 No Comments

Initiatives that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace have made meaningful differences in the workplace in the last five years. Equitable access to education and opportunity has been on the rise, and employers are reaping the benefits of hiring diverse talent. However, considerable barriers to workplace opportunities still

Empowering Workers: Worker Wins

January 13, 2022 No Comments

Despite the challenges of organizing during a deadly pandemic, working people across the country (and beyond) continue organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. This edition begins with: Baltimore County Public Library Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join IAM: Workers at the Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) had a special

Disturbing New Report Shows Dire Conditions For Grocery Workers

January 13, 2022 No Comments

A huge new survey of Kroger employees finds homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity are widespread. An alarming new survey of thousands of grocery workers across three western U.S. states reveals that they suffer from shockingly high rates of poverty. More than three-quarters of the workers meet the U.S. Department of

Nursing Workplace Violence

January 5, 2022 No Comments

While workplace violence in healthcare has been a persistent problem for many years, the rates have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses report escalating rates of COVID-related violence directed at them by frustrated and angry patients and their families. A 2021 Workplace Health & Safety survey of registered nurses reports

The Top AFL-CIO Blog Posts of 2021

January 3, 2022 No Comments

By any measure, 2021 was another historic year. Working people across the country continued to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, engaged in an historic wave of strikes and worked to hold the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris true to their promise to be pro-worker. We covered these stories and