Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Ken Martin - the newly-elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has warned his Party that the Republicans are now seen as the Party of the Working Class and vowed to win back the trust of American Workers as the Democrats seek to rebuild after their losses in the 2024 Presidential Election. In his more»

Educators in the U.S. are standing up to an avalanche of measures by the new administration of President Donald Trump, who has put privatization, dismantling the Department of Education, attacking Immigrant students and families, abolishing Civil Rights and restricting academic freedom at the core of his education agenda. Trump has unleashed a series of more»

In an interview with Mother Jones, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) President Mark Dimondstein spoke about how we must protect the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from politically driven budget attacks. With Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Campaign hell-bent on slashing countless Federal services that Americans rely on, the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) members and community allies rallied in Washington, D.C. late last week as the Union strengthened its commitment to securing the contract that Letter Carriers deserve. “Our Union has a (135)-year history of fighting for our Members,” NALC President Brian Renfroe told the crowd. more»

Lauren Feiner at The Verge, reports the Trump Administration breached a Federal Privacy Law by letting Workers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access information on millions of Government Workers, Privacy Advocates - including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), allege in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of two Labor more»

Sean Michael Newhouse at Government Executive reports Union Leaders and Members of Congress on Monday (February 10th) sought to motivate attendees at the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Conference in Washington, D.C. as Civil Servants gear up to face existential threats under the Trump Administration. “I don’t know about you, more»

Jon Queally at Common Dreams reports President Donald Trump, by his actions, has revealed his clear dishonesty when he claims to be governing on behalf of American Workers and their families. That's the message at the heart of a statement released by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont), who cited recent attacks on the National Labor Relations more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the Nation’s Veterans “are the most deeply affected” by Elon Musk-Donald Trump’s planned cuts, including at the U.S. Labor Department (USDOL), says William Attig - an Iraq-Afghanistan War Vet who is the Executive Director of the National AFL-CIO’s Affinity Group for those who more»

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has unveiled a new, on-line tool - Federal Policy Watch, for Workers to keep tabs on document actions by the Trump Administration, Congress, Federal Agencies and the Courts that affect Working People. Maintained by a team of Economists and Lawyers, the Federal Policy Watch serves as a one-stop shop for cataloguing and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO has launched the Department of People Who Work for a Living (DPWL), a new campaign to hold Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accountable and make sure the Federal Government is responsive to Working People - and not just to the whims of an unelected CEO like Musk. National AFL-CIO more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA) are formally affiliating with the National AFL-CIO and joining its Sports Council. The NHLPA represents 750 Professional Hockey Players across 32 teams in the NHL, while the PHPA represents 1,800 Professional more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union and Professional Association Of Registered Nurses (RNs), is calling on the U.S. Senate to reject the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as secretary of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS). NNU President Nancy Hagans said: “For Nurses across the United more»

Jack Queen at Reuters reports President Donald Trump says any Collective Bargaining Agreements reached with Federal Workers within 30 days of his inauguration will not be approved, the latest salvo in Trump’s bid to remake the Federal Workforce. In a memo addressed to the heads of all Executive Departments and Agencies, Trump said former President Joe more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Union Leaders representing millions of Federal Employees are warning their Members not to accept the so-called buyout offers they received in mass mailings from President Donald Trump’s Office of Budget Management. Those Leaders note it is essentially a backdoor scheme to destroy the Federal Agencies that Trump is looking more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Labor activism in the United States has had a remarkable resurgence over the last three years with Workers mounting successful Organizing Campaigns at a wide range of companies, including Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Ben & Jerry’s, Chipotle, REI and Volkswagen. Moreover, according to Gallup more»

In response to news of President Donald Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: President Trump’s firing of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox, the first Black Woman to serve on the Board, is illegal and more»

Josh Eidelson at Bloomberg reports President Donald Trump has forced out the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) top prosecutor – Jennifer Abruzzo, ushering in a swift reboot of Workplace Law enforcement. NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo said she was fired via e-mail. The move is the latest effort by Trump to remove top Federal Officials since more»

The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) is the first Building Trades Union to offer nationwide childcare benefits, setting a historic precedent for Working Families. On January 16th (2025), SMART announced a transformative partnership with TOOTRis, the Nation’s leading provider of on-demand childcare services, to offer childcare more»

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports Workers misclassified as Independent Contractors lose out on critical protections, benefits and Labor Rights - including minimum wage, overtime pay, unemployment insurance, the right to form a Union, and anti-discrimination protections in most States. The Analysis’ Executive Summary reports, additionally: more»

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) joined Watchdog Groups in filing lawsuits this week against the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arguing it violates a law requiring any advice presented by Federal Advisory Committees be objective and accessible to the public. The lawsuits more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley and National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued statements in response to an Executive Order issued by President Trump reinstituting his controversial excepted service hiring authority, Schedule F, to include any career Federal job connected to Federal more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has officially certified the election where Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration’s (NCA’s) Memorial Products Service (MPS) Workers successfully voted to join American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 17. These newly minted Union Members work at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following message as we celebrate Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2025: (We are marking) 96 years since the birth of Labor Activist And Civil Rights Leader the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On March 18th, 1968, he delivered a powerful testimony at an AFSCME more»

Haley Strack at The National Review reports National Education Association (NEA) Staffers hosted an on-line webinar titled Preparing for a Second Trump Administration, in which they advised Teachers how to combat the incoming President’s policy agenda and advance pro-illegal immigration and pro-social justice rhetoric. Officials covered a number of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Last year, with Democrats running the Senate, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (Republican-Iowa), pursuing party myths about lazy, overpaid Federal Workers, co-sponsored legislation demanding counting their tele-work and evaluating its efficiency. Now she wants to evict thousands of them. Never mind that studies of Workers who have hybrid more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports both Workers and Civil Rights Advocates face a tough road ahead when the Republican regime of Donald Trump takes office, warns Communications Workers President Claude Cummings (Pictured Above/CWA Photo). But despite that forecast, which he presented at the National AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. more»

Labor Attorney Robert Schwartz at LaborNotes reports on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as it awaits the incoming Administration of President Donald Trump: December (2024) saw a number of important developments at the NLRB. The month started well for Unions, but ended badly. Some observers complained of whiplash! And it did not take long for more»

Shae Parker once had to fall to the floor of the Waffle House she worked at in Columbia, South Carolina “to avoid a bullet” late at night. She dislocated her shoulder. The company tried to prevent her from talking about safe working conditions there and when Workers took their cause to their bosses, they got a cold reception. Parker said: more»

Josh Eidelson at Bloomberg reports the largest U.S. Union Federation has been working to equip its Affiliates around the country to help defend Immigrant Workers against potential workplace raids and mass deportation efforts once Donald Trump becomes President later this month. “Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights and this is a top priority for the more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports one of the largest and most powerful U.S. Unions is rejoining the AFL-CIO, giving the country’s leading Labor Federation a boost as it prepares for another Donald Trump Presidency. The two million-Member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced it had decided to re-affiliate with the more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports that faced with the existential threat of Donald Trump’s plans to fire non-partisan Civil Servants while politicizing the government by populating it with his non- and Anti-Union followers, Unions and their allies have created the Civil Service Strong Coalition to protect the Nation’s two million more»

Lorie Konish at CNBC reports President Joe Biden has signed the Social Security Fairness Act, paving the way for nearly three million Public Workers to boost their Social Security benefits. The bipartisan legislation repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for certain Public Workers who also receive pension income. This clears the way more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – United Steelworkers (USW) International President David McCall has issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden blocking the proposed U.S. Steel-Nippon sale: The USW welcomes President Biden’s decision to block the U.S. Steel-Nippon deal. We have no doubt that it’s the right move for our more»

John Nichols at The Nation reports U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders - who Chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is speaking bluntly about Amazon’s disregard for worker safety. Just before Christmas, the HELP Committee released The ‘Injury-Productivity Trade-Off’: How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond have released the Labor Federation’s annual year-end report, as well as the following statement: This isn’t where any of us wanted to be in the final days of 2024. But what has given us hope as we look back on the past year is the strength and more»

Aaron Pellish and Curt Devine at CNN report President-Elect Donald Trump is defending the Visa Program that allows highly skilled Foreign Workers to immigrate to the U.S., marking his first comments on an issue that is dividing his supporters. Trump said in an interview with The New York Post that he’s “a believer in H-1B,” referring to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Doug Parker, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, has issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) release of its 2023 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: (The) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is more positive more»

Margaret Poydock and Jiayi (Sonia) Zhang at the Economic Policy Institute report that more than $1.5 billion in stolen wages were recovered for Workers between 2021 and 2023 - thanks to Federal, State and Local efforts to combat wage theft. Every year, millions of Workers across the country are victims of the scourge of wage theft - meaning these Workers more»

The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union is celebrating a new rule issued by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) that requires Coal Companies to cover the disability benefits of Miners who’ve contracted Black Lung on the job. The UMWA noted there’s been a troubling pattern of Coal Companies using bankruptcy processes to more»

Sabrina Eaton at Cleveland.com reports that in a last hurrah for departing U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the U.S. Senate approved legislation he authored that will repeal two laws that reduce the Social Security Benefits that Public Employees earn. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bill last month, so it now goes to President Joe Biden for more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement as Lauren McFerran ended her term as Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Gwynne Wilcox was sworn in as the next leader: On behalf of the nearly 13 million Workers of the National AFL-CIO, I thank Lauren McFerran for her leadership as Chair of more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the three-million-Member National Education Association (NEA), the Nation’s largest Union, opposes Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education - an agency Trump and his legions want to kill anyway. The NEA tweeted: Students deserve better than more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Wage inequality fell for the second year in a row in 2023, but still remains extremely high, according to an Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of newly available wage data from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Key findings include: Wage inequality fell in 2023 as inflation-adjusted earnings grew for the bottom more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement regarding the reshaping of the Democratic National Committee (DNC): In the coming months, the Democratic National Committee has the unique opportunity to once again bring Working People back to its center. The Labor Movement represents roughly 20% of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced that its U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finalized a revision to the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard for construction. The final rule explicitly requires the equipment to properly fit any Construction Worker who needs it, improving more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Decisive votes against extending President Joe Biden’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by two outgoing Independent Senators provoked an immediate stream of reaction from Labor political observers across Social Media. The internet began to chime in after it became clear Senator Joe Manchin (Independent-West more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports on Workers overwhelmingly backing the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) plans on proposing a mandatory Heat Protection Rule. From 1992 to 2022, 1,042 U.S. Workers died due to occupational exposure to environmental heat, with an average of 34 fatalities per year. And from more»

Samantha Sanders at In These Times reports much of the Trump-Vance campaign’s platform was designed to provoke outrage rather than to supply policy details. So, if you’re trying to figure out what to actually expect from the coming second Trump Administration, it’s helpful to look at the record of Trump’s first term in office, as more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - After the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL’s) proposal to abolish sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement: People with disabilities make valuable contributions to our workplaces and economy. For too long, Federal Law has allowed employers to more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler had the following Labor Perspective published in The St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Of all the attacks Working People can expect from the incoming Trump Administration, none will come as fast and furious as their attempt at “Tax Reform” - their code for further rigging the tax code in favor of more»