Luis Feliz Leon

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Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

6 days ago | portside.org | Luis Feliz Leon

Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers Published April 17, 2025 Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations.
A World Beyond Tariffs

1 week ago | prospect.org | Luis Feliz Leon

In 1966, at the height of the labor movement’s postwar power, Walter Reuther, then president of the United Auto Workers, helped establish the first four “World Auto Councils.” Workers at General Motors, Volkswagen-Daimler-Benz, Fiat, and Chrysler (now Stellantis) could now meet across borders and, it was hoped, establish common international contract expiration dates.
ICE Sets Its Sights on Massachusetts Immigrant Workers

1 week ago | jacobin.com | Luis Feliz Leon

On April 14, federal agents snatched seafood processing worker Juan Francisco Mendez from his vehicle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, breaking the rear window with a sledgehammer while he and his wife were sitting in the car, pleading with the agents to wait for their lawyer and showing them their asylum application paperwork. “They didn’t wait for the lawyer to arrive here to be with us and broke the window,” said his wife Marilú Méndez, who recorded the incident on her cell phone.
Kentucky Unions Stand Up to Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

1 week ago | scheerpost.com | Luis Feliz Leon

By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor NotesTwo hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations.
Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation Of Two Hundred Workers

1 week ago | popularresistance.org | Luis Feliz Leon |Labor Notes

Above photo: Thousands of people gathered in Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky as part of the “Hands Off!” protest against the Trump administration. Cassie Lyles. Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations.
Kentucky Unions Stand Up to Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

1 week ago | znetwork.org | Luis Feliz Leon

Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations. The immigrant workers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela have received a mixed reaction to their imminent deportation—hostility from some co-workers and an outpouring of support from their union and the local labor movement.
Kentucky Unions Stand Up to Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

1 week ago | f.mtr.cool | Luis Feliz Leon

Two hundred union workers, out of 5,700 who assemble dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, and dryers for GE Appliances-Haier at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, received notice this month that the Trump administration is revoking their work authorizations. The immigrant workers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela have received a mixed reaction to their imminent deportation—hostility from some co-workers and an outpouring of support from their union and the local labor movement.
It’s time for a united front to take on billionaire rule

2 months ago | therealnews.com | Luis Feliz Leon

This story was originally published by In These Times on Feb. 11, 2025. It is shared here with permission. President Donald Trump relishes deploying the “weave,” his vulgar stream-of-consciousness spiels in which his vengeful fantasies and antipathy towards a cast of enemies become punchlines in an insult-comic routine.
La Solidaridad da un Paso Atrás | Luis Feliz Leon

2 months ago | nplusonemag.com | Luis Feliz Leon

Decenas de millones de trabajadores quieren un sindicato. La encuesta nacional más reciente, de 2017, concluyó que casi la mitad de todos los trabajadores no sindicalizados en Estados Unidos se afiliarían a uno si pudieran. Pero nadie sabe con certeza qué podría impulsar la escala de nueva organización necesaria para satisfacer esta demanda, por lo que los partidarios aprovechan cualquier señal alentadora de resurgimiento del movimiento.
It’s Time for a United Front To Take On Billionaire Rule

2 months ago | portside.org | Luis Feliz Leon

It’s Time for a United Front To Take On Billionaire Rule Published February 17, 2025 President Donald Trump relishes deploying the “weave,” his vulgar stream-of-consciousness spiels in which his vengeful fantasies and antipathy towards a cast of enemies become punchlines in an insult-comic routine.