Tag: labor

The union wave is hitting coffee chains big and small, but the bosses aren’t going down without a fight. In June, after workers there voted overwhelmingly to unionize, Starbucks permanently closed the popular College Ave….

Multiple pro-union Amazon workers have been fired recently in suspected acts of retaliation and union busting from the company. Albert Elliot, a former Amazon employee and organizer with the rank-and-file group Carolina Amazonians United for…

Prisoners today are fighting the same labor conditions behind bars that birthed the union movement in the 19th Century. US labor journalist and Real News contributor Michael Sainato joins Rattling the Bars to discuss why…

Read a translated transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/this-nyc-construction-union-is-reaching-out-to-undocumented-and-non-union-workers-the-bosses-dont-like-it Many workplaces are marked by a real tension between different types of workers: undocumented vs. citizens, union vs. non-union, and more. New York City’s Construction and General…

In the midst of freezing temperatures, thousands of workers from throughout Belgium took to the streets of Brussels to demand a cap on soaring energy prices, higher wages, and more bargaining power for trade unions….

Read the transcript of this interview: After a two-day work stoppage last week by Britain’s rail workers, Parliament is threatening new legislation that would require striking workers to continue providing a “minimum service” while striking….

The largest strike in the US since 2019 is currently underway across University of California campuses. 48,000 teaching assistants, postdocs, researchers and graders on the front lines of teaching and research at California’s prestigious public…

TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss his recent book on the lives of frontline workers in the COVID-19 pandemic, The Work of Living. Link to the book: https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-work-of-living/ Production: Dwayne…

TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly with striking teachers, pupils, and other unions who have came out for Britain’s largest strike in a decade. This video is part of a…

Spiking inflation is generating a global cost of living crisis, and Britain is no exception. As workers across industries hit the picket lines to denounce privatization and demand action from the Tory government to raise…

After decades of targeted underfunding, the UK’s National Health Service is on the verge of collapse. Spiking inflation as a result of corporate profiteering in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine War…

Every Wednesday since Nov. 2022, over 1,000 healthcare workers in Madrid have staged walkouts in protest of working conditions which they say undermine their ability to provide proper care and threaten patient health. Producers: Sato…

Over 50 people have been killed by military and police in more than two months of demonstrations for new elections and a new constitution following the ouster of democratically-elected President Pedro Castillo. Producer: Martín Varese…

As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent years, with researchers estimating that the industry could generate over $70 billion in sales by 2030. While…

Britain’s higher education union, the UCU, has called multiple days of strike action for fair wages and work conditions, joining millions of workers picketing across the UK. Producer, videographer and video editor: Ross Domoney This…

Former Home Depot employee Vince Quiles recounts his experience organizing to form the home improvement retail chain’s first union. The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis…

On Feb. 7, France’s eight largest unions turned out for the third strike of the year against Emanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular pension reforms. This video is part of a special Workers of the World series…

Massive mobilizations and strikes have been witnessed in the UK over the last couple of months against the Tory government for failing to tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. Postal workers, railway workers, public…

We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and The People’s Forum. In this panel discussion, introduced by Amazon…

After over a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is launching a national coalition called Workers Strike Back to fight for wages, universal healthcare, LGBTQ rights, a clean energy transition, and more. Kshama…

After weeks of targeted strikes, French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to change course on his plans to reform the country’s beloved pension system. Last week, unions across France upped the ante and launched an indefinite…