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The work ahead

The latest events and labor news for the week of August 7, 2021.

The other American emergency

The emergency in America is not just the spread of COVID. It is falling wages and worsening workplace conditions, income inequality that grows every day.

Join us! We need more hands on deck!

We’re celebrating 16 months of helping workers organize! 662 total campaigns, 2,747 workers contacted, 1,184 total volunteers, 245 graduated trainees.

We need more hands on deck!

Labor and allied organizations are holding a national Week of Action to demand that the Senate pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Raising the bar, not the temperature

Large parts of the United States have been hit with severe weather conditions, including a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.

An injury to one is an injury to all

The fight for social and economic justice through organized labor means the continued opposition to all forms of workplace discrimination.

Growing worker power

As millions fell sick and lost their jobs and small businesses folded, Amazon added hundreds of thousands of jobs and is now the second-largest employer.