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Walmart and Target Selling Poisonous Toys
The New York Attorney General is suing Walmart, Target and LaRose Industries for selling wristbands to kids that had lead levels significantly higher than allowed. Read more from the AP.
Elon Musk Accuses UAW of Drumming Up Safety Issue
On Sunday, Tesla founder Elon Musk was on 60 Minutes to discuss Tesla and the companies failure to meet manufacturing demands with the Model 3. During the interview, Lesley Stahl asked Musk about...
Organizing Victories in PA, Iowa, and Missouri
As wages fail to increase and more jobs seem to be sent overseas every day, workers are joining together and organizing. Today, we are focusing on three recent organizing victories in Pennsylvania,...
A Tribute to Ed Hill: A Visionary
Back in 2014 UCOMM covered the NYC Labor Day Parade. That year, the Business Manager of Local 3 IBEW was the Grand Marshall and thousands of IBEW members marched in celebration of not just their...
Charter School Teachers Take Part in Historic Strike
Teachers at a charter school network in Chicago have gone on strike. The union teachers, who are members of the Chicago Teachers Union have taken a historic step as this is the first network-wide...
Ousted GOP Congressman: Repeal Scaffold Law
Thanks to strong unions in New York, the construction industry faces some of the toughest safety and personal liability rules in the country. One such law that is unique to New York is called the...
Columbia Reaches Contract Framework Agreement with Grad Students
The New York Times published an article on January 31st with the headline, “Columbia University Says It Won’t Bargain with Graduate Student Union.” Tuesday, less than 10 months...
The 2018 Turkeys of the Year
This post was written by Labor 411. 2018 saw its share of bad players. As the stock market skyrocketed, the rich got richer while the marginalized continued to struggle to stay afloat. Attacks on...
No Job Growth for Trump Voters
Whenever Trump talks about the economy, he points to two things that indicate that the economy is going strong: record low unemployment and the rising stock market. While the low unemployment is good...
Could Amazon's Move to NYC Turn the Company Union?
Like millions of people and businesses around the world, Amazon is planning a move to Queens, New York. Unlike everyone else, however, Amazon is the world’s largest Internet retailer owned by...