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Stepping up for New Orleans employees, on Tuesday’s poll

I would like you to vote YES on Tuesday for a citywide Employees’ Invoice of Rights. I’m working with Step Up Louisiana to move the poll proposition, to make sure that all of us perceive our collective energy. Rising up…

Putting Boeing manufacturing unit staff say they’re prepared to carry out for a greater contract

Take heed to this text Blue-collar staff from Boeing walked picket strains within the Pacific Northwest as a substitute of constructing airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that may have raised their wages by 25% over…

Defending Louisiana Employees is a Scorching Subject

In a lot of the nation, all it’s essential do is to step exterior to really feel one among Louisiana’s deadliest hazards: excessive warmth. To this point in 2024, the risks of warmth sickness have killed 34 staff in our…

Fifth Circuit appeals court docket sides with Angola’s Farm Line employees

On Friday night, the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit instructed the state Division of Corrections that it should adjust to an earlier district-court order to “right the evident deficiencies of their heat-related insurance policies” for employees pressured…

Decide orders Angola to offer Farm Line staff entry to shade, relaxation, sunscreen, and water

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola should contemplate the “human well being and security” wants of incarcerated individuals who toil for pennies an hour within the jail’s fields, a federal decide dominated on Tuesday.  On behalf of incarcerated individuals who…