National AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department (TTD) President Greg Regan and Secretary-Treasurer Shari Semelsberger issued the following statement to commemorate Rail Safety Week (which ran last week): “As America’s largest Transportation Labor Federation, representing the totality of Rail Labor and a voice for hundreds of thousands of more»

Jonathan Stempel at Reuters reports a group of 15 Democratic U.S. Senators are calling on Wells Fargo to end its alleged campaign against Employee Unions, saying a more constructive approach could address a toxic workplace culture and help the bank recover from scandals that prevented it from growing. In a letter to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf, the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO and affiliated Unions representing Federal Workers are applauding the introduction of the Protect America’s Workforce Act in the U.S. Senate - legislation that would reverse two Executive Orders issued by President Donald Trump and restore Collective Bargaining Rights to Federal Workers. Since Trump’s more»

Legal Director Scott Michelmanat the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says the ACLU of Washington, D.C. has filed a class-action complaint against the Trump Administration for unlawfully targeting Federal Employees for their participation in diversity, equity and inclusion activities. The ACLU is asking the Merit System Protections Board, which exists more»

Boeing Workers at its St. Louis area Defense Factories will stay on Strike after Union Members voted Friday (September 12th) to reject a new contract offer from the U.S. Aviation Giant. The Strike began on August 4th, involving some 3,200 Workers in Missouri and Illinois represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) more»

Adam Dean at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) delves into a new EPI report that shows why President Donald Trump’s trade policy will not help U.S. Workers: Summary: Tariffs do not automatically raise wages or create good jobs. While strong tariff policies can help preserve jobs in industries facing unfair competition, strong Unions are a more»

The Trump Administration’s canceling of Collective Bargaining Rights for over 1.3 million Government Workers is the biggest act of Union-Busting in U.S. History. It’s a shot across the bow of the entire Labor Movement. In fact, it’s a declaration of open Class War on the entire Working Class. How else can the rounding up of Migrant more»

Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African-American Labor Official in history, is the Secretary-Treasurer of the National AFL-CIO, the Nation’s largest Labor Federation representing 63 Unions and nearly 15 million Workers. He recently penned a Labor Perspective that was published on BlackPressUSA that read, in part: Throughout our history, the Labor more»

The National AFL-CIO released the following statement after the Trump Administration released the August Jobs Report: The Labor Movement has been warning that the Trump Administration’s policies are bad for Working Families and today’s jobs report shows those policies continue to weigh down the job market. Job creation has slowed, and there more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler reports Workers nationwide are asking her: “Why is my future being ripped away?” Her answer is billionaires and corporations totally control the government and move to exert total control over every aspect of U.S. life - and that their leading instrument is Donald Trump. And, that the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Donald Trump celebrated in the lead-up to Labor Day by busting Union contracts at seven Federal Agencies, bringing to 1.3 million the number of Workers whose voices he has snuffed out. The historic attack on Unions by President Reagan, when he killed the Union Rights of 14,000 Air Traffic Controllers, pales in comparison with more»

Megan Brenan at Gallup reports as Americans celebrate Labor Day, 68% of U.S. adults approve of Labor Unions, essentially unchanged from last year’s reading. This is the fifth consecutive year that approval of Organized Labor has been in the 67% to 71% range, a level last reached in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When Gallup first measured more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to a new Executive Order from President Donald Trump (an expansion of his March order) that rips away Collective Bargaining Rights from Workers who are employed at NASA, the International Trade Association, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Weather Service, the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler - who heads the Nation’s largest Labor Federation that represents 63 Unions and nearly 15 million Working People, gave the 2025 State of the Unions address on Wednesday (August 27th), highlighting the resilience and strength of Workers who are under constant threat from the Trump more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration ordering work to stop on the Revolution Wind Energy Project off the coast of Rhode Island, which has employed more than 1,000 Union Members to date: The stop-work order on Revolution Wind is an outrage. This project is fully permitted and already more»

Julia Conley at Common Dreams reports on that detailing the widening gap between outrageously high CEO compensation and the median wages of Employees at some of the world's largest and most profitable companies, a Progressive Think Tank is warning executives will continue to enrich themselves at the expense of their lowest-paid Workers unless policies are more»

Randy Furst at LaborNotes reports the News Industry has undergone a sea-change in the last two decades. Print readership of newspapers has declined sharply, while their digital readership has edged up slowly. Local newspapers have consolidated into ever larger chains controlled by private equity and vulture funds. Newer digital-only media sites have more»

On July 1st (2025), the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) published a proposed rule raising the threshold for filing two key Union Annual Reports - Form LM-2 and Form LM-3, noting that the filing thresholds had not been updated since 2003. Form LM-2 currently must be filed by Unions with $250,000 or more in more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports multi-billionaire Elon Musk won and Workers lost as a three-Judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) structure is unconstitutional. If upheld, the decision - authored by Donald Trump-named Appellate Judge Donnald Willett, throws U.S. Labor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – A new report released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) states rebuilding Worker Power by strengthening unions is not just good policy - it is a Democratic imperative in the face of authoritarian backsliding. The EPI Study’s key findings include: In between 1979–2024, median wages rose more in States where more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports President Donald Trump rails against crime in Washington, D.C.’s streets, but he might be looking in the wrong place. He should try the corporate suites instead - specifically, Delta Airlines, which falsely claimed it followed a section of the Coronavirus Aid Law that the Association of Flight more»

Labor Day is traditionally about parades, picnics and barbecues, but this year will be significant for the more than 600 protests that will happen from one end of the country to the other. The National AFL-CIO is backing events sponsored by Labor Federations in many cities and by coalitions like May Day Strong, Indivisible, the organizers of No Kings Day, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployment of the National Guard in the District of Columbia: The Trump Administration’s attempted Federal takeover of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On the 90th anniversary of the Social Security Act, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s attacks on Social Security, including the firing of Federal Workers: Social Security was born out of a promise that no one who works their entire life should have to spend more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports the Trump Administration is continuing its push to terminate its contracts with Federal Employee Unions at Agencies across the U.S. Government, as Labor Leaders warn the actions will degrade the Government’s services to the public. Earlier this month, a Federal Appeals Court allowed the Administration to more»

The reality for more than1.3 million Federal Government Workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through Unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). This recognition comes with the right to bargain over working conditions and conditions of employment. It also includes an individual right more»

Hundreds of Airline Catering Workers - Members of UNITE HERE, the Hospitality Workers’ Union, and their supporters spoke out in actions at nearly 20 U.S. Airports, calling on U.S. Airlines to act to end low wages and unaffordable health care in the Airline Catering Industry. The Workers provide inflight food and beverage services for major airlines 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»

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»

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»

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»

(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»

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»

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»

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»

(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»

(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»

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»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports to Union cheers, all Democratic Attorneys General from 22 states and Washington, D.C. - plus the Democratic Governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, have sued President Donald Trump and two of his top officials to get $6.89 billion in Federal Education Grant money that was due nationwide on July 1st. One of the more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports the Trump Administration plans to push thousands of U.S. Agriculture Department (USAD) Workers out of the Washington, D.C. Region by forcing them to relocate to far-away offices if they want to keep their jobs. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Office claims the move would “better align” the agency more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Virtually unnoticed in the celebrations over July 4th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the New Deal-era law that created it, turned 90 years old the next day. Now the question is: Will the law, and the Board, be around to celebrate their 100th birthday? And the short answer is “not if Donald Trump has any say in the more»

Cathy Bussewitz at The Associated Press reports the U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” Workplace Regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for Home Health Care Workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances. If approved, the wide-ranging changes more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A broad coalition of Federal Lawmakers and Labor Leaders have rallied on Capitol Hill to demand immediate Congressional action to restore Union Rights for nearly one million Federal Workers. The recently-held press conference marked the formal launch of a discharge petition to force a House vote on the Protect America’s more»

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is calling on supporters to contact Congress and tell their Representatives to co-sponsor a resolution to oppose the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Privatizing the Postal Service would have far-reaching negative consequences nationwide, including jeopardizing the jobs of 640,000 Postal more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO is urging every House Member to sign a discharge petition to reverse President Trump’s attack on Federal Workers’ Rights: President Trump’s Executive Order launched the single biggest act of Union-Busting in our history, ripping the right to collectively bargain away from hundreds of thousands of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) have approved a three-year contract through September 20th, 2027 - with 95% voting yes. Members of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association approved their new contract in June and a third-party arbitrator in March Negotiated a deal between USPS and the National more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Nation’s two big Teachers Unions - the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), plus the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), hit the ceiling when the U.S. Supreme Court’s GOP majority let Republican President Donald Trump dismantle the half more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – A new report from the Economic Policy Institute says deportations will eliminate millions of jobs held by Immigrant and U.S.-born Workers, according to research on increased immigration enforcement. Key Findings: The number of deportations will skyrocket once the Trump Administration fully rolls out its agenda, which will curtail more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports American Federation of Government Employees (AFSCME) Council 238 - which represents Workers employed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling on Administrator Lee Zeldin to reinstate the nearly 140 Employees who were put on leave last week in retaliation for signing a letter critical of the more»

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) - alongside the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and lead partner Microsoft Corporation, founding partner OpenAI and Anthropic, have announced the launch of the National Academy for AI (Artificial Intelligence) Instruction. The groundbreaking $23 million education initiative will provide access to free AI more»