AllSides Balanced Search

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will mark Labor Day on Monday with several campaign events, including one with President Joe Biden, focused on working-class voters. “On Labor Day, we thank the organizers, activists, workers, and leaders of the labor movement who have helped build this nation,” Harris wrote in a Labor Day post on X. “Our entire country benefits from the work of

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Thursday announced an expansion of its strikes against Amazon, greatly increasing work stoppages against the retail giant. The union said the walkouts are spreading into four states: Georgia, Kentucky, California and New York. The strikes are part of a greater labor organization effort by the Teamsters that began in June when 100 Teamster-

As Labor Day festivities unfold in Austin, Barton Springs Municipal Pool remains closed for repairs, per the city of Austin. Initial inspection indicates that an aging water bypass pipe sprung a leak, Austin officials announced in a press release. These leaks have caused water to be diverted into the now-abandoned pipe, which is estimated to date back to the 1940s, below the pool’s dam. The

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft rideshare drivers from the Tennessee Drivers Union (TDU) went on strike on Friday at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend to bring forward their demands for better pay and conditions. This rideshare organizing effort is the first of its size to occur in the deep South, in an explicitly anti-worker state. We are joined by Cecilia Prado, the Chairperson of A Luta