Lettecha Johnson at The Bonner (Idaho) County Bee reports data center expansion, a thirst for clean energy and a wave of retiring Electrical Professionals are causing a huge demand for Electricians. A growing power demand in homes and commercial facilities requires more Electrical Professionals. Older Workers are retiring, but a shortage of existing more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order instating Schedule P/C that would allow his Administration to fire thousands of career Federal Workers and replace them with political loyalists: President Trump's Executive Order betrays a more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Members have ratified the 2026 TV/Theatrical Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Members approved the new, multi-year contracts covering television, theatrical and streaming production by a vote more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) has announced it is committed to advancing developmentally appropriate limits on educational technology in New York Schools. NYSUT’s 82-Member Board of Directors has passed a resolution that calls for developmentally appropriate limits on screen time and Artificial Intelligence more»

(SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA) - In a decisive victory for Workers employed at one of the West Coast’s premier convention venues, 12 IT Technicians and Event Coordinators employed by Smart City Networks at the San Diego Convention Center have voted to join International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 122. The election resulted in a more»

(MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA) - Convention Delegates from across the Nation’s largest Labor Federation have re-elected Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond to lead the National AFL-CIO as President and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively. When elected to their first full terms in 2022, the team made history: Shuler as the first elected Woman President of the AFL-CIO more»

Michele McPhee at Los Angeles Magazine reports 2,000 Union-represented SoFi Stadium Workers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a Strike just a week before the venue will stage the first FIFA World Cup game in the United States in more than three decades. Negotiations are continuing on a contract between UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents the more»

(RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA) – Wake Tech has launched North Carolina's first Community College Dental Assisting Apprenticeship Program in partnership with Lane & Associates Family Dentistry. The new pathway reflects Wake Tech's continued commitment to workforce development and innovative health sciences education. It expands Apprenticeship more»

(MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA) – Today (Sunday, June 7th), Union Delegates from across the country are gathering in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the National AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention. This quadrennial convening is an essential part of maintaining the Labor Movement’s foundational Democracy, Union Officials said. National AFL-CIO more»

(SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA) – The REI Union has announced Workers at REI’s San Diego Store have voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 135. The San Diego location is REI’s third-largest in the country by revenue and the 12th and largest REI Store in the country to Unionize with the UFCW/Retail, Wholesale and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Unionized Residential New York City Building Workers have overwhelmingly approved their historic new contract that covers 34,000 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Members. Union Officials said 94% voted in favor of the contract that wins a 15% increase to guaranteed pension, protects 100% employer-paid health care, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - St. John’s University (SJU) has escalated an on-going fight against its Faculty Union by going into Federal Court to sue the New York State Labor Board in order to evade the basic tenets of State Labor Law on religious grounds. The two SJU Chapters of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have been fighting for more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) - More than 3,500 State Workers in Nevada will form a Union through American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4041 after a successful organizing effort and a strong, decisive Union vote. Maria Behic, an Administrative Assistant employed at the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center in Las Vegas, more»

Sanjana Karanth at The Huffington Post reports the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), which represents Unionized Employees at both CBS News and CBS News Digital, slammed the network's new Right-Wing leadership for enacting "cruel and needless layoffs" and recently firing major 60 Minutes Correspondents like Scott Pelley. In a letter to Members, which more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Unite HERE Locals, whose Members - most of them Workers of Color and almost all among the Nation’s most-exploited employees, in hotels, restaurants and stadiums, are using the pending World Cup soccer games in the U.S. as leverage to ban Republican President Donald Trump’s vicious and violent ICE more»

Bruce Crumley at Inc. reports new data showing work for Skilled Workers - especially those supporting AI (Artificial Intelligence) use - has grown by triple digits, even as openings for recent college grads dry up. Compounding evidence is reinforcing suspicions that the post-WWII era of college degrees providing a ticket to higher-paying jobs may be coming more»

Rebecca Beitsch at The Hill reports President Donald Trump has formally moved to implement his plan to make it easier to fire Federal Workers in policy roles, signing an Executive Order (EO) moving them into a new class that critics say will be akin to that of political Employees. Schedule Policy/Career, or Schedule P/C, an effort pushed under the first more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As part of his broader Block by Block housing agenda, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced New York City will establish a new Committee on Construction Safety aimed at reducing fatalities and injuries in one of New York’s deadliest industries. “At a moment when Working People are being pushed out of the City they built, New York more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has announced her administration has reached a contract agreement with the United University Professions (UUP) for a five-year term running until July 1st, 2031. The agreement is subject to ratification by Union Membership, which includes 42,000 State University of New York (SUNY) System more»

Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) has announced Baristas at more than 700 locations across the U.S. have now voted to join the Union. The Workers responsible for this major milestone are based out of stores in: Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Chicago and Bolingbrook, Illinois; and Houston, Texas. While Starbucks executives continue to drag their feet on reaching a more»

(SPRINGVILLE, NEW YORK) – Nearly 40 rural Nursing Home Workers - represented by 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East, have been notified the Jennie B. Richmond, an 80-bed facility in rural Springville, is closing. The Unionized Workers employed at the facility in Southern Erie County work as Licensed Practical more»

New data analysis by National Nurses United (NNU) shows nearly 1.15 million Registered Nurses (RNs) with active licenses are not currently working as Nurses - which shows this serves as compelling evidence that there isn’t a labor shortage in the field, but rather there is a widespread retention crisis. NNU developed its fact sheet with data from the more»

From CNBC: Nearly 1,000 United Auto Workers (UAW)-represented Workers employed at a Michigan Supplier Plant that makes parts for General Motors (GM) pickup trucks went on Strike Monday (June 1st) after failing to reach a new contract with the company. Workers at an Axle and Components Plant in Three Rivers, Michigan for Dauch Corporation - formerly known as more»

Daniel Donovan at Skillit Stacker reports that for decades, the dominant story about the Skilled Trades in America has been a story of decline: Shop class has disappeared from high schools; Career Counselors pushed four-year degrees; and Parents quietly steered kids away from work boots and toward laptops. The cultural script was simple: Trades were what more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Federal Minimum Wage, frozen at $7.25 since 2009, is now at its lowest real value in 77 years and a major driver of the affordability crisis facing low-wage workers. For over a decade, the senior Democrats on the House and Senate’s Labor Committees have consistently introduced and championed the Raise the Wage Act, which more»

The Printing Packaging & Production Workers Union of North America (PPPWU) is merging with the 600,000-Member International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). PPPWU International President Israel Castro said: “I believe that together, the IAM and PPPWU will be a true force for our Members.” PPPWU Members will be more»

Harper Freeman at The Chief reports a Franchisee operating Taco Bell and Dunkin’ locations in New York City will pay $1.5 million in restitution to more than 760 Workers under a settlement reached with the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) for violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and more»

Max Parrott at amNewYork reports the New York Attorney General’s Office and the Teamsters have turned a lawsuit over a State Labor Law into an appraisal of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) failures. Recent filings by the Union and the State Attorney General in Amazon’s Federal case against New York’s recent attempt to more»

Swedish Medical Group Hospitalists have voted to join Northwest Medicine United/American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 6552, making history as the first Physicians in the Providence system to Unionize in Washington. Swedish Medical Group is part of Providence Swedish, Providence’s Health System in the western part of the State. Approximately 115 more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports from Chicago that the Billionaires Tax idea, which has been gaining support in several States - including Washington State, where it’s now law - has come to Illinois, courtesy of several Chicago-area Unions. Busloads of Members from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), Service Employees International Union more»

McKenna Schueler at Orlando Weekly reports U.S. employers collectively spend an estimated $1.7 billion each year to prevent their Workers from Unionizing, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute and Non-Profit Watchdog Group LaborLab. The $1.7 billion figure includes spending on law firms such as Littler Mendelson that specialize in more»

Aaron Barnhill at KFDM-TV reports on a new Shipfitter Apprenticeship Program in Port Arthur that is offering Southeast Texans a paid path into shipbuilding, combining college coursework with hands-on training. Gulf Copper’s Shipfitter Apprenticeship Program, which is certified by the U.S. Department of Labor, runs six semesters over 22 months - more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has determined the Buffalo AKG Art Museum violated Federal Labor Law and retaliated against the Workers’ Union - AKG Workers United, by laying off 13 Union-represented Workers employed in the Visitor Experience Department in the Spring 2025. The Museum has been ordered to reinstate more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced a final rule that increases financial transparency for Unions regulated by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) of 1959 and enhances Union Worker protections. Issued by the USDOL’s Office of Labor-Management Standards, the final rule modernizes the more»

Members of Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers (HGSU-UAW) Local 5118 continue to hold the line for a fair contract as their Strike enters its sixth week and becomes the longest work stoppage in the Union’s History. Graduate Workers first walked off the job following 14 months of ongoing negotiations and nearly a year of working under more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP)-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital held a candlelight vigil outside the hospital last week to call attention to the rise in workplace violence. The contract for 1,400 Nurses at the Hospital expired on April 30th and Nurses are demanding a more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person released the following statement on the 2026-27 enacted New York State Budget: New Yorkers made their voices heard and this budget proves what’s possible when Educators, public school allies and communities stand together and fight for what students and Working more»

(MILWAUKIE, OREGON) - A super-majority of Staff at Comic Book Publisher Dark Horse Media, including associated Comics Retailer Things From Another World, have announced their intent to Unionize with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7901. Dark Horse Workers United sent a letter to interim CEO Jay Komas requesting he voluntarily recognize the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Letter Carriers and their allies in the U.S. Senate have launched a campaign for legislation to permanently halt President Donald Trump’s attempts to disrupt mail-in voting. The Absentee Mail Voter Protection Act, introduced on May 22nd by U.S. Senator Gary Peters more»

In California, 2,100 Information Technology (IT) Professionals employed at the University of California (UC) have voted overwhelmingly to join the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America (UPTE-CWA) Local 9119. This is the largest Tech Industry Organizing Campaign in U.S. history and brings the total number of IT more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Condé Nast Workers who were illegally fired and disciplined after taking part in a “march on the boss” in November 2025 have been vindicated as part of a substantial agreement won by The NewsGuild of New York. “Our fight as a Union is about more than a single contract. It is about ensuring more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than 100 Union-represented New York Times Employees walked out of the newspaper's Midtown Headquarters this week to rally for a new contract, almost three months after their last one expired. The Staff are members of the Times Guild, the largest Bargaining Unit of the NewsGuild of New York, that represents more than 1,500 Editorial, more»

Workers employed at Missouri’s Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) have decisively won their Union Election, with more than 65% of Union-eligible Workers voting yes to join Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6360. The MCPL is one of the largest Public Library Systems in the U.S., covering three counties across the Kansas City Metropolitan more»

Joe Ilardi at WBAL-TV reports Baltimore-based U.A. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 486 is planning to spend almost $30 million to transform a shuttered sports arena in White Marsh into a Training Center as its Apprenticeship enrollment grows. Local 486 will soon start work to convert the former Freestate Sports Arena on Allender Road. A holding company more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley has issued the following statement in response to a proposed rule by the Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to be published in the Federal Register, that would require current and prospective Employees at participating more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH) has released its annual Construction Fatality Report - The 2026 Deadly Skyline Report, which reveals high numbers of construction fatalities throughout New York State. In 2024, 55 Construction Workers died on the job across New York State, down from a peak of 74 more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – A deal has been reached to increase Tier 6 pensions for more than 830,000 New York State Public Employees, as well as allow Teachers with 30 years on-the-job to retire at age 58 rather than 63 - and increase the amount of overtime that can be counted towards every Municipal Tier 6 Member’s pension throughout the State. New more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which focuses on the moral and practical danger of unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI): Pope Leo’s choice to issue his first encyclical on the threat of unregulated AI is a testament more»

(BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) - In a watershed moment for the Nation’s Labor Movement, Rideshare Drivers in Massachusetts with the App Drivers Union (ADU) have become the first Statewide Rideshare Union in the country to win official recognition, creating a path toward negotiating better pay, job protections on behalf of nearly 70,000 Rideshare Drivers more»

(OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA) - In a resounding victory for reproductive rights and Worker Power, more than 400 Front-Line Health Care Workers have secured their Union as Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Workers United (PPMMWU). The victory has drawn strong support from broader Labor and Civil Rights Communities, who view the organizing of Health Care Workers as a more»