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Members of #UAW Local 551 in Chicago ready to go on strike.

Climate Justice

Batteries and Black Workers: The Stakes of the UAW Strike

by Willy Blackmore September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

The union is pushing to get workers at electric-vehicle battery factories, putting fair wages at the center of reducing emissions.

Unions Put More Money in the Pockets of Black Folks

by Bria Overs September 8, 2023September 11, 2023

Labor

We Should Be Working Less

by Dallas Weekly May 13, 2022May 16, 2022

With Automation Putting Black and Brown Jobs in Jeopardy, it’s Time to Retrain

by Sonny Messiah Jiles April 7, 2022April 11, 2022

Sacramento Schools Reopen After District Strikes Deal with Labor Unions

by The Sacramento Observer April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Labor

Black Restaurateurs are Recipients of PepsiCo Grant Programs

by The Afro March 31, 2022April 4, 2022