Unions keep standing up to the Trump (and Musk) administration, working people get BIG contract wins, and the clock is ticking for Stop & Shop in New England!
This is (an abbreviated) Labor Week For February 28, 2025.
Harold will appear on Power At Work‘s Labor Oscars episode next week. Be sure to follow Power At Work wherever you get your podcasts so you find out when the show drops!
Articles referenced in this show:
- ‘Hell No!’ Postal Workers Protest Illegal Trump Takeover Scheme
- Viewpoint: Targeted Postal Workers Are a Bellwether for All U.S. Unions
- ‘Trump’s Reckless Cuts will Kill’: Rutgers Leads Labor to D.C. DOGE Attacks
- Teachers union files lawsuit over Trump’s crackdown on race, DEI in schools
- Federal lawsuit by UFW, ACLU targets agencies involved in January immigration actions
- US judge blocks Musk’s DOGE team from accessing Education Department, OPM data
- Judge says Trump’s mass firing of federal employees is illegal and should be stopped
- Thousands of University of California workers start multi-day strike
- Providence nurses across Oregon approve deal to end strike
- US dockworkers approve 6-year contract, averting a strike
- UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Rolls-Royce
- Alaska Air flight attendants ratify labor contract
- Flight attendants don’t earn their hourly pay until aircraft doors close. Here’s why
- Workers at DC’s St. Anselm secure unionization as STARR group challenges vote outcome
- Stop & Shop warehouse contract nears deadline
- A Stop & Shop strike would have “far-reaching” consequences, state treasurers warn in letter
Labor History
- 1913 Paterson silk strike starts
- February 27 – Criminalization of the Sit-Down
- Birth of John Steinbeck
Photo Credit: AFL-CIO
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