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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Northwestern University Food Service Workers Ratify New Contract: After a 12-day strike this year, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 who staff dining facilities at Northwestern University have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. Cooks, cashiers, dishwashers and catering staff on campus are employed by food service contractor Compass Group.
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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Washington State Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Monday that will extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to striking workers. Senate Bill 504, which goes into effect Jan.
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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Visual effects (VFX) workers for Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and movie franchise Avatar voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first contracts as Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) members.
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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
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2 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. U.S.-based Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) members who work for Norse Atlantic Airways voted overwhelmingly in support of ratifying a new contract.
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3 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
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3 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. AFSCME Members Add Worker Protections to City of Austin’s AI Policy: Members of AFSCME Local 1624 are celebrating the Austin City Council’s passage of Item 55, which institutes strong ethical guardrails and worker protections as Texas’ capital city adopts artificial intelligence (AI) into its work.
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3 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. The Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services officially certified on Friday that a majority of resident physicians at the University of Minnesota have signed cards to join the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR/SEIU).
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3 weeks ago | 
aflcio.org | Kenneth Quinnell |Sydney Roberts
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Game developers behind Activision Blizzard’s popular franchise Overwatch have become the latest video industry workers to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and have secured voluntary recognition from parent company Microsoft.
