Posts tagged people of color

    News Article

    Unions, contractors clash over proposal to require labor equity in Spokane projects

    August 24, 2025 // Priority hires must either be a graduate from a state-certified pre-apprenticeship program; a veteran, person of color, woman, those formerly convicted of a crime, formerly homeless or a tribal member; or living in an area of the city with higher rates of poverty and lower rates of higher education and employment. “We do not believe the government should mandate or compel any firm to change its labor policies in order to perform these projects,” said Cheryl Stewart, executive director for the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors, during a Monday reading of the proposal. “This law is not inclusive, it’s exclusive: over 85% of Washington’s workforce is non-union, and 98% of women- and minority-owned firms are non-union, and these contractors and their employees would be shut out or forced to change their labor policies.”

    benefits Carpenters Local 59 construction workers contractors ethnic healthcare Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 73 Ironworkers Local 14 labor equity Labor shortage minority-owned non-union contractors people of color pre-apprenticeship Public Dollars for Public Benefit law public works projects Spokane Spokane City Council unions veteran Washington women-owned

    News Article Research ● Labor

    What was the impact of AB5 on California’s marginalized communities?

    March 31, 2025 // Esther Hermida, a representative of the American Alliance of Professional Translators and Interpreters (AAPTI) testified about AB5’s impact on thousands of citizens in her industry comprised of 75 percent women. One professional translator, Ildiko Santana, reported she started her small business in 2000 as an immigrant and woman of color. She lost all 50 clients and all her income in 2020 when AB5 went into effect.

    AB5 African Americans As-Needed Haul Truck Program benefits California California Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights California Supreme Court Congress cosmetology court reporters DOL Dynamex employee Esther Hermida exotic dancers fine arts First Amendment Freelancers hispanics homeschooling hospitals Ildiko Santana immigrants independent contractors Jennifer Butler Journalists Los Angeles minorities nurse people of color PRO Act reclassification rideshare drivers rural single mothers translator translators trucking industry women-

    News Article Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Workers, advocates say Charlotte is ripe for more employee unions to form

    May 6, 2022 //

    baby boomers barista Black workers Bureau of Labor and Statistics Center for American Progress Charlotte Observer Charlotte Observer journalists union Charlotte-Metrolina Labor Council City of Charlotte close wage gaps communities of color Covid decrease workplace disparities Detroit flight attendants Generation Z Great Resignation IATSE IATSE Local 322 John Connaughton Labor Market labor rights labor union Local 322 Mallard Pointe Marick Masters McDonald's membership misgendering allegations North Carolina North Tryon Pandemic Paris Gasperson Pennsylvania people of color PHILADELPHIA Piedmont Airlines Retirement service industry Starbucks Strike sustainable work Tad Dolbier Trey Bowen UNC Charlotte union campaign union drive union-eligible employees Unionization wages Wayne State University Weaverville Wendy’s work force demographics Workers United

    News Article ● Labor Unions

    SPLC union: Civil rights organization’s return-to-office policy shows racial disparity

    March 30, 2022 // The union, which has been engaged in collective bargaining with SPLC management for more than a year, said a unit responsible for bringing in revenue primarily made up of Black women was being required to return to work, despite telework opportunities being made available to other employees.

    Ala. Alabama Black women Brian Lyman Civil rights organization collective bargaining corporate gifts coordinator demonstration donor contributions essential workers high attrition rate hybrid work immigrant Ku Klux Klan LGBTQ Lisa Wright Margaret Huang Montgomery Montgomery Advertiser negotiating office work ouster of SPLC co-founder Morris Dees Pandemic pay people of color president and CEO of the SPLC racial disparity remote work return-to-office Souther Poverty Law Center headquarters SPLC union treatment of minorities within the organization women of color women- work conditions worker rights working standards

    The Women Leading Today’s Historic Labor Movement

    January 3, 2022 //

    AFA AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor Association of Flight Attendants benefits Bloomberg Law Build Back Better collective bargaining Covid DOL Economic Policy Institute IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers John Deere Kellogg's Labor shortage Liz Shuler Mary Kay Henry mental health Pandemic pay people of color recession Sara Nelson schedule SEIU Service Employees International Union Strike striketober Union United Airlines

    ‘We Want Fairness’: Union Workers At Wyndham Historic District Hotel On Strike Over Pay, Staff Shortages

    November 21, 2021 // Housekeepers, bartenders, food service staff, cooks, laundry attendants, dishwashers and bellmen all walked off the job to picket outside the Wyndham Historic District Hotel in Old City. The staff cite numerous concerns, from low pay to staffing.

    bartenders bellmen cooks Covid dishwashers food service staff hospitality Housekeeper Renee Holmes Housekeepers Katherine Cristiani laundry attendants Pennsylvania people of color PHILADELPHIA Unite Here Unite Philly Local 274 Wyndham Historic District Hotel