Labor & Economic Action

The policies and conditions affecting workers, workplaces, labor rights, consumers, small businesses, economic development, and economic opportunity.

2 actions in Labor & Economic Action

Grassroots Coalition Seeks to Create Pilot Ferry that Shows Need for Permanent Ferry

A grassroots coalition advocating for the return of ferry service between two cities announced that it was pursuing the creation of a pilot ferry service that it expects to generate data demonstrating the need for restoring permanent ferry service.

Labor & Economic Action Coalition Building/Community Organizing

Streets Blog Empire State • NY • Jul 6, 2026

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Detainees Boycott ICE Commissaries to Protest Exorbitant Price Markups

Detainees at two federal immigration detention facilities in California launched a commissary boycott that coincides with pending state legislation that aims to cap at 35% commissary price markups by private for-profit prison operators.

Labor & Economic Action Boycott

Imperial Valley Press • Multiple, CA • Jul 3, 2026

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