(ACROSS CENTRAL & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA) - United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 8-Golden State has announced a tentative contract agreement with the Raley’s Companies, covering 6,000 Workers employed at supermarkets located across Central and Northern California. UFCW Members work at Raley’s locations, as well as Bel Air and Nob more»

Jack Dunn at Variety reports the Writers Guild of America (WGA) West and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have released statements in support of Jimmy Kimmel after ABC pulled all future episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its schedule. “The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other more»

(CINCINNATI, OHIO) - After an intense, two-week Strike, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 647 Members employed at General Electric (GE) Aerospace have secured a strong tentative agreement with the company, UAW Officials have announced. The major victory comes just after the strike’s two-week anniversary and was won via the courage and solidarity of more»

Tyler Katzenberger at Politico reports in roughly six weeks, three California Democrats, a Labor Union Leader and two Ride-Hailing Leaders managed to pull off what would have been unthinkable just one year prior: Striking a deal between Labor Unions and their longtime foes, Tech Giants Uber and Lyft. California Lawmakers announced the agreement in late more»

Jody Anderson is a fourth-year International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 553 Apprentice and a member of the Caucus of Rank-and-File Electrical Workers (CREW). He recently penned this Labor Perspective that appeared in LaborNotes: I'm an Electrical Worker in IBEW Local 553 in Durham, North Carolina. We're one of the fastest growing more»

Julie Johnsson at Bloomberg reports Boeing has reached a tentative contract agreement with its striking hourly Workers at its St. Louis-area Defense Factories that improves wages and restores a signing bonus, as it seeks to end a dispute that dragged on for more than a month. The five-year contract offer expands wages by 45% on average, according to Boeing. more»

Chris John at The University Herald reports more than 1,400 Service Workers represented by Teamsters Local 320 at the University of Minnesota (U of M) have begun a rolling Strike across multiple campuses. The Strike started late Monday night (September 8th) at the Crookston and Morris campuses and is expanding to Duluth, Grand Rapids, Waseca and Austin. more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports three recent Pro-Worker wins - two laws enacted in New Jersey and a prior one in Minnesota upheld in a Federal Appeals Court, again re-emphasize the importance of State and Local laws and Lawmakers for Workers. Because it’s safe to say that without Democratic Governor Phil Murphy and a Pro-Worker more»

(LOS ANGELES & SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA) - Workers employed at the Los Angeles and Santa Monica locations of Sugared + Bronzed - a salon chain offering spray tanning and sugaring hair removal services, voted to Unionize with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9505 - forming the first Salon Chain Union in the United States. And just weeks more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the Trump administration is planning to cut the pay of some of America’s lowest-paid Workers: The Nation’s 4.348 million Home Health Care Workers. The pay cut, dragging wages back to levels of more than a decade ago, comes in planned Federal rules Trump’s Labor Department (USDOL) published at more»

Tony Burke at People’s World reports the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) in Canada has certified the 250,000-Member United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW-Canada) will be recognized for collective bargaining for more than 500 Uber Drivers in British Columbia’s Capital City, Victoria. And, the BCLRB issued another decision which more»

Callum Sutherland at Time Magazine reports protests took place across the United States on Labor Day, with activists, concerned voters and Democratic leaders rallying against the policies and actions of President Donald Trump and his Administration. Some, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, used the opportunity to take a stand against Trump’s more»

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has penned an excellent Labor Day Perspective, which appears as such. As we observe Labor Day, it’s not just about picnics and parades. It’s about standing up for what all Working People deserve: Dignity, a life they can afford and real opportunity. That’s what we do in more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports from Orlando, Florida that the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) have launched complementary campaigns against the Republican President Donald Trump regime’s threat to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS). The NRLCA, the smaller of more»

Khaleda Rahman at Newsweek reports protests against President Donald Trump and his Administration - billed as Workers Over Billionaires - are set to take place across the country on Labor Day. The protests are to be the latest nationwide demonstrations against the Trump Administration. Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. more»

Julie Johnsson at Bloomberg reports as Boeing works to end a Strike by its Workers in St. Louis, CEO Kelly Ortberg’s campaign to rebuild the company culture from the factory floor on up is being put to the test by a rise in Labor Activism not seen in decades. Ortberg has called for a return to civility, respect and openness as Boeing recovers from more»

Suhauna Hussain at The Los Angeles Times reports Union Members and organizers formed in front of the classical-style arches of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, holding a banner with the colorful, iconic Olympic rings and ‘Fair Games’ printed across them. With the City of Los Angeles set to become a mega sporting events capital of the world - more»

The Nevada State AFL-CIO, the UNITE HERE Culinary Union and community allies rallied last week with the National AFL-CIO’s It’s Better In a Union Tour Bus in Las Vegas to highlight their fight to protect Hospitality Workers and the State economy from the Trump Administration’s policies. Labor Leaders also joined U.S. Representative Dina more»

Caity Coyne at West Virginia Watch reports the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) are condemning a Federal Court’s decision to continue delaying the implementation of a Federal Rule to lower Coal Miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust, calling the pushback “bureaucratic cowardice.” The Silica Dust Rule - finalized under the more»

(SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) - The California AFL-CIO Federation of Labor Unions has unanimously endorsed and is supporting the call for a special election this year to set new Congressional District lines in the State, which in response to the effort by Texas Republicans to gerrymander their State. California Federation of Labor Unions President Lorena more»

Paul Ortiz at Truthout reports the recent escalation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and armed State attacks on Immigrants in Los Angeles and other cities is in large part a reactionary response to Democratic insurgencies led by Latinx Workers in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election. From the antebellum period through the Haymarket more»

Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh at Reuters reports a crippling Strike by Unionized Air Canada Flight Attendants that grounded thousands of flights over wages and unpaid labor is the latest blow to the Airline Industry's Compensation System that does not fully pay Cabin Crews for their hours at work. Without sharing specific details, the Canadian more»

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker joined State Legislators, Labor Leaders and Union Members to sign a Bill package at the Illinois AFL-CIO Headquarters in Springfield that protects Illinois Workers and supports Organized Labor. The legislation preserves current pay standards and Worker protections against Federal rollbacks from the Trump Administration. The law more»

Brandon Chew at People’s World reports the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) - the largest Private Sector Union in the U.S. that represents 1.2 million Workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail and other industries, has endorsed legislation to prevent grocery stores from utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology that more»

Steven Valencia at People’s World reports at a time when Latinos are being persecuted by the Trump Administration and its Right Wing supporters, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) - the National AFL-CIO Constituency Group representing two million Latino Union Members, came out of their recently-held convention in Atlanta more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - The Communications Workers of America (CWA) - during the Union’s 80th Convention that was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, took on the Trump Administration on two fronts: The CWA warned of the dangers he poses to Democracy at home and Union Leaders challenged his support for Israel’s Netanyahu regime by calling upon more»

ABC News reports two Workers died in the yet undetermined blast that occurred at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works Plant in Clairton, located about 15 miles outside of Pittsburgh. Another 10 Workers were injured from the blast that took place inside a battery operating area. United Steelworkers District 10 Director Bernie Hill released the following more»

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»

(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»

(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»

(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»

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»

(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»

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»

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»

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»

(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»

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»

Madison Lucchesi at Boston.com reports Fenway Park Concession Workers are on Strike, Unite Here Local 26 announced on X. Workers walked out at noon on Friday (July 25) after the venue’s Food Vendor, Aramark, failed to meet the Union’s demands for better wages. It marks the first Strike in Fenway’s 113-year history. “We’re proud more»

(ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is unanimously recommending a new four-year contract that impacts 3,200 IAM Members employed at Boeing Facilities in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri and at Mascoutah, Illinois. The four-year deal includes improvements throughout the contract, more»

S&P 500 CEOs took home an average of $18.9 million in total compensation in 2024 - a 7% pay raise from the previous year, according to a report released by the National AFL-CIO. This increase means CEOs made 285 times a Median Worker’s income, up from the already egregious 268-to-1 shown in last year’s annual report. The National more»

(KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI) - Recently, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1-represented Janitors - who service more than 150 buildings in Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County, have voted to ratify a strong, new contract covering 800 Members who care for the area’s most iconic public spaces - from Crown Center to Union Station to City more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Crystal Carey, a top Attorney at the Anti-Union Law Firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and now President Donald Trump’s nominee as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is running into flack from some U.S. Senators. Worker Rights Advocates note that her conformation and placement in the position of General more»

Media reports say that earlier this year, the Teamsters briefly employed a man whose image was synonymous with the infamous Unite the Right rally that brought White Supremacists to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. The Teamsters hired Peter Cytanovic for an administrative job at the Union’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., before firing him during more»

More than 45,000 Grocery Store Employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and employed across Southern California have overwhelmingly voted to ratify new three-year contracts with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions. The vote signaled the end of a contract battle that had been brewing since the previous agreements expired in more»

(CLEVELAND-CLIFFS, OHIO) – Cleveland-Cliffs, a steel manufacturer, reportedly has cancelled a $500 million project in Middletown, Ohio, leading to a lost in work hours for Union Sheet Metal Workers in the area. “This would have been a ‘solid project’ for Local (24), especially our Dayton-area Membership,” said Local 24 more»

Caroleine James at In These Times reports From Salt Lake City, Utah on a ban on collective bargaining for House Bill 267. By gathering signatures, organizers paused the ban (House Bill 267) and now might get it overturned. If the Bill is allowed to take effect, Utah will join the Carolinas as one of the three most restrictive States for Public more»

CBS Colorado reports United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7, which represents thousands of Grocery Store Workers in Colorado and Wyoming, has reached a tentative contract agreement with Safeway to end a Strike impacting some 50 stores across The State of Colorado. The UFCW said it secured several demands, including wage increases, seniority-based more»

The National Hockey League Players’ Association’s (NHLPA) full Membership and the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Board of Governors have ratified a four-year contract, more than a year before the expiration of the current agreement. The new deal runs through the 2029-2030 season. NHLPA Executive Director Marty Walsh said: “This shows more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Members have approved the 2025 SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement by a vote of 95.04% to 4.96%, ratifying the deal and concluding the Video Game Strike, which had already been suspended pending ratification. The agreement provides compounded more»