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Black women, women led unions, unions, theGrio.com
October 7, 2024
Black and Latina women are starting to gain ground, landing top positions at some of the biggest unions in the…
September 15, 2022
A walkout by U.S. rail workers could happen if the railroads and unions can’t settle their differences before an early Friday walkout…
September 15, 2022
Commuters, food producers, refineries and others could all be affected if there is a nationwide rail strike at the end…
Chris Smalls theGrio.com
May 31, 2022
Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls appeared at a rally for the pending Fashion Workers Act on Friday.
May 2, 2022
Amazon employees rejected a union at another Staten Island location after a successful effort led by organizer Chris Smalls.
September 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On this Labor Day, the nation is witnessing a new movement to improve the living standards of…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - Lee Saunders made history by becoming president of the nation's largest labor union...
October 1, 2012
VIDEO - Meet Richard Hayes -- a sanitation worker in La Jolla, California. One of the super-wealthy people on his route…
September 17, 2012
ANALYSIS - A Chicago school teacher explains why educators in that city took to the picket lines...
September 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Chicago Teachers Union on Sunday suspended a vote on whether or not to end its strike...
September 15, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge has struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott…
November 7, 2011
OPINION - Did you know in Ohio and around the country, one-fifth of all public-sector employees are African-American? That makes…
October 16, 2011
theGrio REPORT - This weekend's rescheduled dedication ceremony marking the opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington…
September 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech at an annual event sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO was serving as a dress…
March 11, 2011
He focused on the upcoming State Supreme Court election, urging voters to choose a justice who would protect workers' rights…