(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Unionized Postal Workers have launched a campaign against yet another mail slowdown plan from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Republican Big Giver whom Donald Trump imposed on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) nearly 4.5 years ago. DeJoy presented his plan to the USPS Board at an open meeting in early November, the only one, under more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced the release of new research it commissioned that found a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program would reduce poverty across all communities and diminish the poverty gap among Workers, especially Black and Hispanic Workers who experience some of the highest poverty rates. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Fouled up weather forecasts. Staff shortages slowing services. More Workers dying of heat stroke on the job. More pollution, which leads to more asthma and unclean water. Cut down school lunches, with none in the Summer. Veterans not getting VA health care. More hate crimes. Weaker Labor Laws and enforcement. Those are just some more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President-elect Donald Trump has announced his nomination of U.S. Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor - one of only three House Republicans to co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and one of only eight Republicans to co-sponsor the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act. Both more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Unions and Progressive Organizations of all types are threatened with massive dollar losses by losing their tax-exempt status as non-profit organizations in a Bill the House passed last week, warns NewsGuild/Communications Workers of America President Jon Schleuss – who adds it also could be an instrument of repression. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - An Oregon Republican Lawmaker opposed by Organized Labor - U.S. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost her U.S. House seat on Election Day - is apparently in the running to become Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of Labor, with the backing of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien. Politico more»

Presidential Administrations change, but the Labor Movement’s values do not. We stand for the freedom to organize and for the right to collectively bargain. We stand for solidarity - the kind that is built when Working People stand together to take on the biggest, richest bosses and the most powerful extremist politicians. Most importantly, we know more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports that Donald Trump’s return to office sets the stage for harassment, intimidation and “old-fashioned corruption” to spread throughout the U.S. Federal Government, according to a top Union Leader. The President-elect and his allies have expressed support for the mass firing of Civil Service Workers more»

Press Associates Union News Service reports the Laborers Union will offer all new mothers among their Members offering 12 weeks of Maternity Leave Benefits starting January 1st. The mothers will be eligible for up to $800 per week, Union President Brent Booker says. With the new Union-wide, Union-Paid Benefit, “you don’t have to choose between more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In this year’s election, voters were given the opportunity to weigh in – directly, on questions of economic justice showed policy preferences far more progressive than those reflected in many National and State election outcomes, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Across the country, voters seized more»

Andrea Hsu at NPR reports in the nearly four years Joe Biden has been President, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken an assertive - some say overly aggressive - approach to protecting Workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain. Now, SpaceX and Amazon are at the forefront of a corporate-led effort to monumentally change the Labor more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a ruling prohibiting employers from holding mandatory Anti-Union meetings at work, a long-sought policy objective of Unions that want to level the playing field with corporations in Organizing Campaigns. In its 3-to-1 decision, the Democratic Majority of the more»

Ariel Wittenberg and E&E News report Workplace Advocates say the return of former President Donald Trump to the White House puts at risk new Heat Protections for Workers that were proposed over the Summer by the Biden Administration. On the campaign trail Trump never directly addressed the proposal from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health more»

Nick Niedzwiadek at Politico reports Democrats spent months hand-wringing about losing their grasp on Rank-and-File Union Members, but on Election Day that was the least of their worries. Despite persistent fears Labor might break for former President Donald Trump, exit polling showed Vice President Kamala Harris winning voters in Union Households 55% to more»

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) long campaign to Unionize Workers at Amazon’s monster warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama is headed for the full National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), after a Board Administrative Law Judge ruled Amazon broke Labor Law again often enough to order a second re-run election there. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Remond have sent this Open Letter to Union-represented Workers across the U.S.: This is not where any of us were hoping to be this week. However, you’re feeling right now - disappointed, scared, sad, exhausted or all of the above -Fred and I are right there more»

Robin L.S. Burroughs, Teresa M. Biviano and Keith Olsen at Venable LLP on how Donald Trump’s Presidential victory and return to the White House could reshape Labor and Employment Laws. This election, they opine, is set to have far-reaching implications for both employers and Employees. For employers, a new President will directly impact Labor Laws more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley has issued the following statement in response to the Presidential Election results: The election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States is not the result our Union was hoping for. Nevertheless, Federal Employees are sworn to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today (Tuesday, November 5th) marks one of the most consequential elections in recent history, so consider what’s at stake when it comes to racial and gender economic equality and Worker empowerment. You’ve heard the political rhetoric, but here’s a reality check. Here are five things to keep in mind before you more»

National AFL-CIO News Editor’s Note: Gwen Mills is the International President of UNITE HERE, the Hospitality Workers Union. Before becoming the Union’s first-ever Female President earlier this year, she served as Secretary-Treasurer and Political Director, overseeing UNITE HERE’s swing state field canvass programs. I’m not more»

President Biden traveled to the Port of Baltimore last week to announce a $3 billion investment from the Inflation Reduction Act to improve and electrify port infrastructure while supporting Union job creation. The Clean Ports Program funding will help update shipping and cargo infrastructure at 55 sites nationwide, sustaining an estimated 40,000 quality more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - “Trust me - Letter Carriers are PISSED OFF right now,” Marc Mancini, a Unionized Letter Carrier and Shop Steward out of Pittsburgh told People’s World. More than 500 days after the expiration of their Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Nation’s 200,000 City Letter Carriers - Members of the National Association more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Now just days away from one of the most consequential elections in U.S. History, United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain is rallying his Membership to increase participation in the elections in order to block a second Trump Presidency and to defend the Union Movement and the Working Class from unconstrained billionaire rule. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - There are countless ways Donald Trump’s Project 2025 would harm working Americans: From destroying our economy, gutting health care and retirement benefits to eliminating our voice on the job, the 900-plus page roadmap for a second Trump term outlines a path that would transform the Federal Government and take power away from more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The United States Department of Energy (DOE) HAS announced $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of Green Energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned. The 14 projects in 15 United States Coal Communities were chosen by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy more»

Donald Trump is deeply connected to Project 2025 and its architects. During his last Presidency, his own administration tried unsuccessfully to implement many of the same policies. He can deny it all he wants, but these are his guys - this is his project. CNN did an investigation that found at least 140 people involved in Project 2025 that have ties to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Two prominent Black Union Leaders - Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Claude Cummings and James Curbeam, Chairman of the Teamsters Black Caucus, are warning African American Voters - and everyone else - about the threat of MAGA/Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, and specifically about his platform: Project more»

Labor Reporter Steven Greenhouse at The Guardian writes many people failed to realize that Donald Trump has a long, ugly history of making Anti-Worker and Anti-Union statements. He has at times insulted Workers, saying their wages are too high, saying their work is so easy that a child can do it. The former President has also sought to sabotage Organized more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Biden-Harris Administration announced the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Wage and Hour Division has recovered more than $1 billion in back wages and damages for our Nation’s Workers since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration. The recoveries derive from investigations concluded by the division from January more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From constant contact with its large ground game of Activists and Canvassers, the National AFL-CIO reports a huge groundswell and a large lead for Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris among Unionists and their families. But Unionists will keep pounding the pavements, making the phone calls and distributing Union literature more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest Union representing Federal Workers, including nearly 4,000 Workers employed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), strongly condemns all threats of violence and dangerous misinformation being used against FEMA employees working to assist the American People more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have reached tentative contract agreement for City Letter Carriers. The agreement features backdated pay raises and a promise to provide Workers with air-conditioned trucks. NALC represents some 200,000 Unionized Mail Carriers. In more»

Bargaining a good contract is a Union’s top priority Based on the National AFL-CIO’s research of candidate proposals and positions, we’ve identified significant differences between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump that would strongly impact Unions. We hope that you will share this important information from the AFL-CIO - America’s more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Big Labor Law violators among corporate honchos should face “strong fines and potential jail terms” for their law-breaking, says NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Jon Schleuss, who wants the Block Brothers of Pittsburgh to feel that lash. “We’ve got CEOs paying millions of dollars to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From October 1st, 2023 to September 30th, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) received 3,286 Union Election Petitions, up 27% since Fiscal Year 2023, when the NLRB received 2,593 petitions. This is more than double the number of petitions received since Fiscal Year 2021, when the NLRB received 1,638 petitions. Likewise, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Political debates about the impact of immigration on the economy have often been at odds with the facts, but the consensus is surprisingly uncontroversial among economists: Immigration expands and strengthens the economy. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and the Immigration Research Initiative have come together to synthesize some more»

Nick Romeo at Capital & Main reports on what a second Trump Administration would look like for Workers’ rights. Writes Romeo: From underfunding agencies to challenging the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a second Trump term could create a seismic change in how Government protects Workers. Perhaps the strongest more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Ergonomic injuries to Workers are proliferating in the Nation’s warehouses, with an injury rate above national averages for all workplaces, a new report by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says. To solve that problem, the GAO issued a range of recommendations for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health more»

Emily Peck at Axios reports Unionized Longshoremen are back to work after hammering out a tentative deal that includes a fat raise, but one key issue remains unresolved: Automation. But this isn't just a Port Worker thing. Workers across industries fear advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are coming for their jobs. The International more»

Claire Savage at the Associated Press reports Black and Latina Women are driving Union Membership growth in the U.S. and now more of these Workers are taking on leadership roles within the Labor Movement, bringing with them new energy and diverse insight on winning Organizing Drives and contract negotiations. While Women Workers make up approximately half more»

Seeking Alpha reports Starbucks Workers United has announced it has organized and won Union approval at its 500th Starbucks store in the U.S. A vote at a Starbucks location in Bellingham, Washington put the union over the milestone. As of July 1st, there were 16,621 Starbucks stores in the United States, which means 97% of the stores have not voted to more»

National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) Performers and the Kennedy Center have reached a tentative agreement after Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians/American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 161-710 Members went on Strike. Musicians walked off the job after voting unanimously to authorize a Strike a week prior - wearing matching red Union shirts and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In response to President Joe Biden’s commitment to upholding Collective Bargaining Rights, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement: “North America’s Building Trades Unions stands firmly with President Biden in his commitment to upholding Collective more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports with bargaining over a new contract having apparently broken down, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and their allies are taking to the streets for mass rallies today (October 1st) to demand respect, a new pact and public input into U.S. Postal Service (USPS) decisions. Dozens of Postal Workers Day of more»

Chris Bohner at Jacobin reports that in the late 1990s, as National AFL-CIO President John Sweeney led the Labor Federation’s ultimately failed program to boost Union Organizing, the phrase “Organize Or Die” was standard rhetoric in Labor Leader speeches and commentary. Unions did not organize at scale, however, losing 1.9 million Members more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In a letter, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler called on House Republicans to stand with Workers by not interfering in contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), after the House Majority called on the White House “to utilize every authority at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - As part of its mission to ensure Worker perspectives are included in STEM research and innovation, the National AFL-CIO and its Technology Institute announced the launch of a historic partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Over the course of five years, the AFL-CIO Technology Institute will lead a collaboration more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced the Government Agency has awarded $12.7 million to 102 non-profits nationwide – including LiUNA, to fund education and training initiatives designed to create safer workplaces. Administered by the USDOL's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), funds from the Susan more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Acting Secretary Julie Su and the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) recently paid tribute to nine Labor Unions representing nearly three million Members, Retirees and their families that have fought for Workers’ Rights for more than 100 years and inducted them into the USDOL’s Century of Service Honor Roll of American Labor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond is repeating a somber warning to Workers, Union and Non-Union alike: This November’s Election is not just about the Presidency, but about Democracy. Redmond told a panel discussion at the Labor Department last week on the anniversary of the founders’ signing the more»