William P. Jones, Washington Post
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Front-Line Workers in the Covid-19 Fight Need Unions
William P. Jones is professor of history at the University of Minnesota, the Jerry Wurf Memorial Fund Scholar-in-Residence at the...
Tom Conway, USW International President
- Apr 29, 2020
- 5 min
America's Backbone
At the start of each shift, Eric Jarvis takes a handful of anti-bacterial wipes and sanitizes the equipment he uses at the Packaging...
Heartland Network
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
In Memoriam: Union Members Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic
NOTE: Further updates to this list will be added to the AFL-CIO In Memoriam page. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United...
Colleen Wilson, NorthJersey.com
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
NJ Transit bus union takes coronavirus testing into its own hands, sets up site for members
It was the beginning of April when Orlando Riley heard through word-of-mouth about a lab doing coronavirus testing in Paterson. With...
Labor Leaders, In These Times
- Apr 29, 2020
- 4 min
Capitalism Is Failing Its Coronavirus Stress Test—Only Workers Can Turn Things Around
Corporations will only do the right thing if we make them. At this moment of unprecedented crisis, how can we ensure the physical safety...