by Natascha Elena Uhlmann | Jul 17, 2026 | 2026 World Cup, ICE, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, labor, Labor Unions, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Los Angeles, News, Strikes, Unions, Wages, World Cup
In a World Cup-fueled union win, concessions workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have won the right to walk off the job, should ICE pose a threat to their safety. The stadium’s 2,000 cooks, bartenders, dishwashers, servers, and attendants had a major piece of leverage this summer: eight scheduled World Cup matches. Their victory came days after a 96 percent vote to authorize a strike.
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by Amy Goodman | Apr 1, 2026 | child labor, Colorado, Discrimination, Immigrants, Interview, JBS, labor, Meat Plants, Meatpacking, meatpacking plants, PPE, strike, Unions, Wages, Worker Safety
More than 3,000 meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, have been on strike since mid-March, the first major labor strike in the U.S. meatpacking industry since 1985. Workers at JBS USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Brazilian-based multinational JBS, are protesting unfair and dangerous labor conditions, including low wages, lack of personal protective gear and discrimination against its majority…
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