• San Diego’s Oceanside Pier is destroyed by a major fire, forcing visitors to evacuate the 1,954-foot-long structure, the longest pier on the West Coast

    San Diego's Oceanside Pier is destroyed by a major fire, forcing visitors to evacuate the 1,954-foot-long structure, the longest pier on the West Coast - By Rachel Bowman for Dailymail.Com Published: 7:22 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2024 | Updated: 00:33 EDT, April 26, 2024 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the historic Oceanside Pier in San Diego.The fire was reported around...

  • Finding Faith: We are stewards of Earth

    " 'One with the Whale' is more sobering testimony that we have not held up our end of the creation contract with God."

  • A Valedictory Recommendation for What Unions Need to Do

    The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. Last Friday, D. Taylor stepped down as president of UNITE HERE—the union of hotel and casino employees. His nearly dozen years at the helm of one of America’s most member-involved unions saw it become an improbable political powerhouse in a host of swing states… Source

  • The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever

    The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over time, increasingly delved into the political/social realm, promoting Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory,...

  • Starbucks Has Begun Negotiations With Its Workers’ Union

    Negotiations are underway between Starbucks and union workers. Reuters reports: “Starbucks held contract negotiations with the Workers United union over a two-day session in Atlanta, both the parties said on Friday, with plans to meet again in late May. The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations… Source

  • Guest Essay: Why NYU RAs are unionizing

    Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email [email protected]. Resident assistants, like all student workers, are among the people on the ground doing the hard work to make the NYU community what it is. It’s a job for which we waited years to apply, This story Guest Essay: Why NYU RAs are unionizing appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Welch Pledges Support for Nonprofit Theaters

    U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) was in Burlington on Wednesday to acknowledge the value of Vermont's nonprofit theaters and the continued struggle they face to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He pledged his support in the form of a bill that would provide $1 billion to the industry annually for five years. Theaters, he said during a press conference in the lobby of the Flynn, were among the first institutions to close when the pandemic hit. "And then they were the last, in many ways,...

  • Drivers rally with national union leaders

    Massachusetts labor leaders brought in the cavalry, welcoming a pair of national union officials in the latest push to overhaul working conditions for drivers on platforms like Uber and Lyft.

  • Congress should close this labor union loophole

    Transparency, accountability, honesty. Federal labor law requires that businesses uphold these basic principles out of respect for workers. But labor unions have no such obligation, and they use this opening to their unfair advantage. They can secretly place union organizers at companies, deceiving workers and employers alike, while businesses must publicly disclose their attempts to […]

  • Rallies planned in Steward hospital communities

    Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition plans standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital owners, saying "failure is not an option."

  • RAs unionize, demand university recognition

    Around 25 people, including about 15 resident assistants part of the union Student Workers At NYU, demanded university recognition for the group in a letter to President Linda Mills and the board of trustees delivered at Bobst Library on Tuesday. The union, which was publicly announced only a day earlier, is currently made up of This story RAs unionize, demand university recognition appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Biden Receives Endorsement Of Building Trades Unions

    A huge labor endorsement went to President Joe Biden today. The Associated Press reports: “President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump’s reputation as a successful real estate developer. “Donald Trump is incapable… Source