Scott Best, a 24-year-old Auto Worker and Union Organizer, is challenging U.S. Representative Darin LaHood for Illinois’ 16th Congressional District in the 2026 Election. Best vows “to take the fight directly to the corporate and political establishment.” The resident of Central Illinois, who currently works at Rivian Automotive’s more»

NYC Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers (PINCC) is a Workforce Development Program that helps low-income and young New Yorkers enter Apprenticeships and successful careers in construction, transportation and other critical industries with good-paying and Unionized jobs. Established by a Good Jobs Challenge Grant from the U.S. Economic more»

(PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has been fiercely advocating for legislative changes that would help Caseworkers stay safer when they’re working in our communities, especially in light of last year’s murder of CSEA Westchester County Unit Member Maria Coto. Coto, a Senior Social Caseworker in the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Designers, Coordinators and Draftspeople of the Emmy Award-winning Lighting Design Group (LDG) have voted to Unionize with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local United Scenic Artists/Local USA 829. More than 75% of ballots were cast in favor of Unionizing in an election certified in July. The more»

Sarah Gibson WQAD Davenport/Moline in Illinois reports YWCA Quad Cities is continuing its Pre-Apprenticeship Jobs Program for a second Summer, giving Illinois youth paid work experience and professional skills training. The 13-week program is open to residents ages 16-to-24 and provides full or part-time employment at local businesses. All student wages are more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – Following five months of contract talks, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-Represented Workers who are employed at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC) and Health Home Services have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year agreement that features significant wage and pension increases. Union more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Since returning to office, the Trump administration has gutted the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) - which has long ensured employers conducting business with the Federal Government comply with Equal Employment Opportunity (EOO) Laws - which has made EEO Laws effectively unenforceable for the entire Civilian more»

(DALLAS, TEXAS) - Another North Texas Starbucks store has scheduled a Union Election. As usual, a small and happy mob of Young Active Labor Leaders (YALL) gathered for a solidarity “sip-in” at the Preston/Royal store on a Sunday morning (on August 3rd). One at a time, they placed their orders with the Barrista. But instead of the names their more»

Staff at The Baffler has officially formed a Union with the Workers United New York/New Jersey Regional Joint Board. In doing so, they join a growing number of progressive Media Outlets such as Harper's, Jacobin, Jewish Currents, The Nation, The New Republic, The American Prospect and New York Focus, where Workers are organizing for a voice on the job. more»

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and the REI Co-Op have announced progress on several key topics, including an agreement to establish a national bargaining structure to inform store-level Collective Bargaining Agreements for the 11 Unionized REI stores. “We want what’s best more»

Workers at Pathfinders Milwaukee have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a Union Election to join Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 39. Organizing under the name Pathfinders Employee Collective, more than 70% of staff have signed Union Authorization Cards. Workers at the non-profit perform a number of essential roles more»

(CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK) - About two dozen 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East-represented Caregivers who are employed at Catholic Health’s St. Joseph’s Campus in the Buffalo Suburb of Cheektowaga have unanimously ratified a new four-year contract that runs until May 31st, 2029. The Union Members more»

National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) has released a report titled: Breaking the Story: The Real Cost Of Low Wages At America's Largest Broadcaster, which outlined the realities of low pay at 14 Nexstar-owned News Stations across the country: Workers at television stations owned by more»

(AUSTIN, TEXAS) – Several State Labor Federations - including the Texas AFL-CIO, the California Federation of Labor Unions, the Florida AFL-CIO, the Illinois AFL-CIO, the Missouri AFL-CIO, the New York State AFL-CIO, the Ohio AFL-CIO and the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) AFL-CIO, have released the following joint statement in response to more»

Josh McMullen at WUTR Utica reports the the Workforce Development Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties, Incorporated has announced a new 15-week training program for people looking to get into the Skilled Trades. Project Director Meghan McBennett said: “MV Build equips local residents for high-demand careers in the Skilled Trades. (It) more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department is terminating most of its contracts with Federal Employee Unions - effective immediately, making it the first Agency to formally implement President Trump’s Executive Order aimed at stripping two-thirds of the Federal Workforce of their collective bargaining rights. more»

(ACROSS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA) - Over the past two months, 4,000 Nursing Home Workers across the State of Pennsylvania - who are Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Pennsylvania, have won new contracts that invest in wages, secure retirement and training opportunities. The Workers - who are employed at a 45 individual more»

1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, 32 SEIU BJ, Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 1, the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council (HTC), the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the Professional Staff Congress/City University of New York (PSC/CUNY) and United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A - which more»

In a powerful show of solidarity, the Democratic New York State Delegation representing Monroe County has pledged to boycott any one-on-one interviews with WROC-TV until its parent company, Nexstar Media Group, bargains in good faith with the National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA). more»

Julia Burdelski at TribLive reports the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Regional Office has ruled the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) must allow Nurses working at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital to hold a Union Election. The Nurses, who are looking to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), announced in May they wanted more»

A coalition of Washington, D.C. Unions have reached an agreement with the National Football League’s (NFL) Washington Commanders to create hundreds of Union-protected jobs tied to the NFL team’s proposed stadium project. The 190-acre RFK Stadium first opened in 1961 as a multi-purpose venue and hosted multiple professional sports teams, concerts more»

Abbey Marshall at Ideastream Public Media reports Firefighters represented by Cleveland Firefighters Local 93 have agreed to a new three-year contract with the City, which includes a 21% pay increase during that time. Mayor Justin Bibb said the raise for First Responders is intended to address "historic pay inequities," especially as the department more»

Melanie Asmar at Chalkbeat reports about 100 Apprentices are enrolled in the State of Colorado’s new Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program. Created by a 2023 State law, the program combines college classes with on-the-job training to provide adults without a Bachelor’s Degree a pathway to becoming a licensed teacher. It’s a creative more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Journalists at The Hill, represented by the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild, have voted 46-to-1 to ratify their first Collective Bargaining Agreement with Nexstar Media Group, Incorporated, securing increases in pay, vacation time and family leave. The agreement is the culmination of nearly three years of negotiations and organizing, more»

(ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) - Approximately 3,200 highly-skilled International Association of Machinists (IAM) Workers employed at Boeing facilities in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri and Mascoutah, Illinois have voted to reject a modified four-year contract with Boeing. This vote follows IAM Members’ overwhelming rejection of Boeing’s earlier more»

H. Rose Schneider at The Albany Times Union reports the Albany Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract, ending more than a year of negotiations - should Members vote to ratify it. The contract would more swiftly enforce staffing ratios than current New York State more»

(KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI) – Carhaul Drivers employed at Hansen Adkins in Kansas City, Missouri have voted to join Teamsters Local 41 and will soon join thousands of Teamsters Carhaulers nationwide under the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement (NMATA). “We are continuing to grow our strength and expand our power across the Carhaul more»

The National Football League Association Player’s Association (NFLPA) has announced David White has been elected to serve as the Union’s Interim Executive Director. "I am grateful to the NFLPA’s Player Leadership for entrusting me with the privilege and responsibility to guide their Union as Interim Executive Director. It's a duty I do not more»

Rio Yamat at The Associated Press reports Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has achieved a major Labor victory: For the first time in the Union's 90-year history, all major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are Unionized. Backed by 60,000 Members, most of them in Las Vegas, it is the largest Labor Union in the State Nevada. Experts say the Culinary more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 President John Chiarello brought the fire to MTA CEO Janno Lieber at the MTA Board meeting held just days ago over missing and delayed Workers Compensation payments for more than 3,500 Transit Workers. “I represent Union Members who have been physically injured, assaulted, emotionally more»

Department for Professional Employees (DPE) President Jennifer Dorning has authored a Labor Perspective that appears in Newsweek this week, which states, in part, that Professionals can assert some measure of control and predictability over their work lives, even in turbulent economic times, by joining together in a Union. She writes: Professionals more»

CBS Baltimore reports Governor Larry Hogan announced more than 12,000 registered Apprentices are enrolled in the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Program - a milestone figure that he said exceeded the number of Registered Apprentices in the past. There are 182 active Apprenticeship Earning and Learning Programs in Maryland that focus on workforce more»

Nate Raymond at Reuters reports a Federal Appeals Court has lifted a Judge's order blocking President Donald Trump's Administration from stripping hundreds of thousands of Federal Workers of the ability to engage in Union bargaining with U.S. Agencies. A three-Judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold an injunction more»

Stu Becker at People’s World reports the Texas AFL-CIO, the Texas Organizing Project and the Black Voters Matter Fund were among those rallying here the University of Texas campus right before a State hearing last week that was called to discuss the Trump/Governor Abbott/Republican Party plan to gerrymander Texas U.S. House seats. The Republican more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Robert Suttmann, President of Local 802 American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the Union that represents live Musicians who work at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has issued the following statement: The cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert without clear explanation is deeply concerning and raises serious questions more»

Justice Marbury at The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports Rochester Labor Leader Zola Brown has been honored as one of the New York State Senate's Women of Distinction for 2025. Brown has been honored by State Senator Jeremy Cooney and is one of 62 Women honored across New York. The Senate's Women of Distinction honor is given to recognize the more»

Workers employed at Meow Wolf, an immersive tourist attraction, have announced they are organizing to form a Union with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7055. Meow Wolf’s Radio Tave in Houston is a surreal radio station-themed art experience. Staff who are organizing to join Meow Wolf Workers Collective (MWWC-CWA) work across a number of more»

American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders says: Over the last 60 years, Medicare and Medicaid have become lifelines for the health and financial security of tens of millions of Americans. Before Medicare, roughly half of older Americans had no health insurance and one-third of seniors lived in poverty. more»

With the administration of President Donald Trump ramping up immigration raids targeting Farm Workers, 95-year-old Union Activist Dolores Huerta - who co-founded the country's largest Agricultural Union, the United Farm Workers, more than 60 years ago - is a galvanizing figure for those seeking to fight back. "People are reaching out because they want to do more»

The former Flushing Airport, decommissioned decades ago, will serve as the foundation for 3,000 new homes, with the project expected to create 1,300 Unionized construction jobs. Construction at the 80-acre site in College Point, Queens is expected to begin in 2028. The project will also encompass 60 acres of land located near the airfield that has remained more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - New York’s more than 900 Registered Apprenticeship Programs provide thousands of people with paid, hands-on training in skilled, in-demand Trades, ranging from information technology to health care - however, a new audit released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli not only highlights the potential of these programs, but found more»

CBS Detroit reports the Michigan Statewide Carpenters and Millwrights Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund has broken ground on the 147,000-square-foot training facility in the Oakman Boulevard area on Detroit's West Side. The new $30 million, seven-acre facility will consolidate administrative and training operations under one roof. Currently, operations more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO has announced Workers Deserve - a Workers’ Labor Day week of action that will take place in communities large and small in every State across the U.S. where the Working Class will celebrate their power and the freedom, fairness and security that all Working Americans deserve. At hundreds of events across the more»

Production assistants (PAs) on the Emmy-nominated hospital drama, The Pitt, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to join Production Assistants United, an affiliate of Laborers (LIUNA) Local 724. PAs perform a number of important - and often undervalued, logistical and administrative duties and are central to film and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Catering to the Capitalist Class, the Right-Wing Republican majority on the House Education and the Workforce Committee has voted to let bosses classify more Workers as “Independent Contractors,” who are unable to Unionize and are ineligible for Jobless Benefits and Workers Comp. After the Panel’s party-line votes on more»

(ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) 8/Golden State, along with UFCW Locals 5 and 648, has reached a tentative contract agreement with Albertsons Companies, the parent company of Safeway and Vons Grocery Stores. The new deal delivers economic security, health care and pension improvements for 25,000 Albertsons, more»

(RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA) – Wake Technical Community College has launched a distinctive Apprenticeship Program, in partnership with Life Sciences Leaders CSL Seqirus, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies and Eli Lilly and Company. The eight-month Biomechatronics Training Program will prepare advanced Maintenance Technicians for high-demand careers at their more»

One of the last nationwide bastions of Union jobs is getting jackhammered by the Trump Administration. Members are languishing in ICE prisons without trial. Programs that protect Members from racism and sexism are getting the axe. In response, Building Trades Officers are split - some are pleading, some are protesting and others are surrendering without more»

When faced with a deranged, unrestrained, dictatorial Right-Wing leader, institutions that want to survive have two basic options: The first is to resist with all of their power, trying to fight to defeat the threat to the principles that have allowed them, and their societies, to flourish. The second is to say: “Hey, if we flatter this guy, and get more»

Workers employed at the Legal Aid Society have reached a tentative contract agreement with management, avoiding a Strike authorized by 1,100 Public Interest Attorneys who are members of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers (ALAA-UAW) Local 2325. The ALAA-UAW had authorized a Strike at the end of June as its contract with more»