3,000 International Association of Machinists (IAM)-represented Workers employed at Jet Engine Maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut have gone on Strike as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down. Workers - represented by Locals 700 and 1746, are on the picket line in East Hartford and Middletown after 77% of nearly 2,100 more»

In late April, Bernie Sanders and AOC held a gigantic rally in Los Angeles, attended by over 36,000 people. At the head of the rally was a group called Production Assistants United. For decades, Production Assistants (PAs) were traditionally not well Unionize, but according to a Payday Report analysis, Production Assistants are among at least 22,000 Workers more»

Utah’s Lieutenant Governor confirmed this week that a coalition of Unions have gathered enough signatures for a referendum to overturn State Legislation restricting Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Sector Workers. Unions across the State banded together to fight H.B. 267, which was authored by out-of-state Anti-Worker Think Tanks. This Bill was more»

After nearly a year of bargaining, University of Oregon (UO) Student Workers-United Auto Workers (UAW) Members went on Strike earlier this week after administrators failed to offer a fair contract during weekend negotiations. The Unit was formed in 2023 and represents 4,000 students who work as Resident Assistants, Dining Hall Staff, Memorial Union more»

More than 50,000 Los Angeles County Workers represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 are winding up a two-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike that began on Monday (April 29th), citing 44 alleged Labor Law violations during this contract bargaining cycle. It's the first time all of its 55,000 Members are on Strike, the Union more»

Michael Luciano at Mediaite reports Conservative New York Times Columnist David Brooks – in a blistering piece, is calling for a mass uprising to oppose President Donald Trump, going so far as to quote The Communist Manifesto. Brooks wrote modern civilization is buttressed by several pillars, including “Constitutions to restrain power, more»

Kristin Toussaint at Fast Company reports on Michelle Eisen, a 15-year Starbucks veteran, who is a Barista for the coffee chain at a location in Buffalo, New York - the first Starbucks store to Unionize back in December 2021. But on a Tuesday in March, Eisen was at a Pittsburgh Starbucks to participate in what Starbucks Workers United Members have dubbed more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - As Federal Workers faced attacks and layoff threats from the Trump Administration, Julie Zaebst heard an idea from a neighbor about helping Federal Workers support each other. Zaebst, an Adult and Teen Librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia, contacted her neighbor to figure out how the library could support his idea more»

Robert Gehrke at The Salt Lake Tribune reports Labor Groups have submitted more than 320,000 signatures - more than double the number required, in their effort to repeal an Anti-Union Bill passed by the Republican-led Utah State Legislature this year. The overwhelming number makes the Unions’ Protect Utah Workers Campaign the largest more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) – In a major win for Amazon Teamsters, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 20 has issued a complaint against the company over its illegal refusal to bargain. The NLRB is seeking a bargaining order to force the company to the negotiating table after Workers at the DCK6 warehouse in San Francisco joined the Union more»

(DENVER, COLORADO) - During the 11-day Strike that took place at 79 King Soopers Stores during February, Union Workers raised serious concerns about King Sooper’s behavior that were reflected in the Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) alleged by the workers. The Strike was a hardship to all parties - the Union and Workers, the employer, and the shoppers, more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports Stellantis, the Global Auto Giant and maker of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep brands, is making headlines again - and again for the wrong reasons. While thousands of Auto Workers have been laid off or face new layoffs, the company is funneling billions into stock buybacks and dividends for its shareholders. The more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Patriots will show up - once again, at Lexington Common in Massachusetts on Saturday (April 19th), just as they did 250 years ago to combat tyranny. But these Patriots will be peaceful, not armed and they’ll be facing the Trump Administration rather than British Redcoats, as their forbearers did there and more»

The National AFL-CIO and its affiliated Unions that represent Workers across Private and Public Sector Industries have sued the Trump Administration over its dismantling of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), including firing Mediators and Staff, and closing Field Offices across the country. The legal challenge was brought by the more»

Ellen von zur Muehlen & Daniel Delgado at People’s World reports thousands of Academic Workers employed at California universities joined a nationwide day of action last week to protest the Trump Administration’s slashing of research and education funding. The cuts threaten deadly consequences for Working Class People. Hundreds of Members of more»

Nathan Bomey at Axios reports that according to new estimates, United Auto Workers (UAW)-represented Workers are poised to stomach thousands of dollars in reduced payments because of President Donald Trump's auto tariffs. UAW Workers get annual profit-sharing checks based on the North American profits of their employers. That's particularly problematic more»

Nurses across California are applauding the vote taken by the State of California’s Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee to advance S.B. 632 - authored by Senator Jesse Arreguín and sponsored by California Nurses Association (CNA). If passed, the Bill would ensure Nurses and other Health Care Workers are automatically more»

Natascha Elena Uhlmann at LaborNotes reports 10 National Unions and dozens of Locals representing more than three million Members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of Immigrant Workers recently snatched by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The statement names: Farm Worker Union Leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, who was more»

Jessica Kutz at 19th News has written an interesting story on the uphill battle to bring more Women into construction jobs now that Donald Trump is President. Kutz writes: For decades, Women have worked diligently to carve out a space in the Construction Workforce, where discrimination and sexual harassment have kept the predominantly male industry, well, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler says the Labor Movement is applauding the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives to reverse the Trump Administration’s Executive Order that aimed to strip Collective Bargaining Rights from hundreds of thousands of Federal Workers. The bipartisan Protect more»

Tobias Burns at The Hill reports on what President Donald Trump’s tariffs could mean for U.S. Workers, consumers and the American Economy. First off, Burns says it is likely prices will rise if the tariffs remain in place. Tariffs increase the costs of bringing goods to the market and some portion of that cost is likely to be passed on to consumers. more»

Alice Speri at The Guardian reports Faculty at Harvard University are organizing amid anxiety that their University will capitulate to President Donald Trump, whose Administration could hold back on following through on billions of dollars in Federal contracts and grants to the school if it does not agree to his Anti-Semitism policies. Harvard President more»

Michael Tanenbaum at the PhillyVoice reports Unionized Aramark Workers employed at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Food Service Provider, striking a deal that will include raises up to $6 an hour and health care benefits that most will be more»

Marissa Wenzke at CBS News in Los Angeles reports UCLA and UC Irvine are among the University of California Campuses where more than 20,000 Health Care, Research and Technical Employees have commenced an Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) Strike. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America (UPTE-CWA) Local 9119 is leading more»

Matt Masterson & Heather Cherone at WTTW report the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has reached a tentative contract agreement with Chicago’s Public Schools (CPS), capping nearly a year of tense negotiations. The CTU is calling the four-year deal a “historic achievement” that represents the fulfillment of promises Mayor Brandon Johnson more»

(DELANO, CALIFORNIA) - On Cesar Chavez Day, the United Farm Workers (UFW), the California Federation of Labor Unions and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California assembled more than 5,000 of their Members and fellow Workers to march in Delano, California - a place deeply rooted in movement history - in solidarity with Immigrant Workers to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is calling a new Executive Order from the Trump Administration stripping Collective Bargaining and Union Rights from Workers across the Federal Government as the “very definition of Union-Busting.” According to The Hill, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said Thursday more»

(SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA) - The 16-day Regional Transit Strike - which involved 1,500 Members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, who are employed by the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is over after Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Nishigaya granted an injunction ordering striking VTA Employees back to work. The Strike was the more»

Jordan Valinsky at CNN reports the State of Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire Undocumented Immigrants, but that presented a problem for businesses that are desperate for Workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs. Now, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and the State Legislature have a potential solution: more»

From 2019 to 2024, Low-wage Workers experienced historically fast real wage growth - a tremendous 15.3%. Yet, pay started at such a low point, they continue to suffer from wages grossly inadequate to sustain families. Between 2019 and 2024, there has been a notable reversal of long-term trends in wage growth. Low-wage Workers experienced historically more»

Stephen Lerner, the architect of the Justice for Janitors campaign, is a Labor and Community Organizer and helped found the Bargaining for Common Good Network. He recently penned a Labor Perspective that appeared In These Times, which read - in part: Labor faces a contradictory, paradoxical moment. On one hand looms an existential threat, on the other an more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order that dismantled the U.S. Department of Education: Shuttering the Department of Education is a radical plan, ripped from the pages of Project 2025, that will close the doors of opportunity for America’s students. more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Republican President Donald Trump and his handler, multi-billionaire Elon Musk, are taking Musk’s chainsaw to Federal agencies, programs and Workers, Right Wing GOP Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee - who are part of the Senate’s GOP majority, are scheming to end Federal more»

Lenny Lamkin at People’s World reports bad pay and worse benefits are why 500 Northwestern University Dining Hall Workers are on Strike in Evanston, Illinois. The Workers, who are Members of Unite Here Local 1, voted to authorize the Strike in late February. The Employees are seeking a fair contract that includes a set schedule, as well as an more»

Joe Maniscalco at Work-Bites reports arguably the most potent and powerful figure in the Labor Movement today has just declared American Workers - no matter what you do or what sector you’re in - now have “very few options but to join together to organize for a General Strike.” Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson says: more»

Mary Papenfuss at The Independent Workers reports the American Federation of State, Municipal and County Employees (AFSCME) is blasting DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) hatchet man and billionaire Elon Musk after he reposted a startling message on X declaring that “Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Public Sector Employees more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the Teamsters, the biggest boosters of former U.S. Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Republican-Oregon) as Republican President Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary, cheered as the U.S. Senate voted her into the job by a bipartisan 67-to-32 margin. However, the National AFL-CIO and the American Federation of more»

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams reports criticism of President Trump's Executive Order intended to limit a program that forgives Federal Student Loans of borrowers who take public service jobs has grown since he signed it at the end of last week. Opponents frame the order as yet another attempt by Trump to quash dissent. The Republican President directed his more»

People’s World’s Mark Gruenberg reports from Washington, D.C. that the free press in the U.S. faces three big threats, according to News Guild President Jon Schleuss, who lists Financialization; Corporate Oligarchs; and threats from Right-Wingers, including - but not limited to, Republican President Donald Trump. Schleuss, whose Union is now one more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In response to the announcement by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that she was issuing a determination purporting to end collective bargaining for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officers, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley issued the more»

Edward Helmore at The Guardian reports resistance to any proposals regarding the future of the United States Postal Service (USPS) remains speculative until the Trump Administration lays out its plan for the Federal Agency. After Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a former Trump fundraiser and logistics executive appointed during the President’s first more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - “I haven’t even received official notification that I’ve been fired,” a former U.S. Labor Department Worker told People’s World during a watch party held at National AFL-CIO headquarters where she joined a crowd observing Donald Trump’s speech to Congress. “I really loved this job and thought more»

Dean Baker at Alternet has penned an opinion piece that warns Working America of what they can expect with President Trump’s tariffs on imports from Canada, China and Mexico. He writes, in part: Donald Trump is about to hit America’s Workers with the largest tax increase they have ever seen. Trump’s taxes on imports (tariffs) from Canada, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Colorado State Legislators are considering historic legislation to restore Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights by repealing provisions of an 82-year-old statute that limits Colorado Workers’ freedom to form Unions and collectively bargain. At present, Colorado Private Sector Workers who form a Union by winning a more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Buena Park, California that more than 700 Union-Represented Grocery Workers rallied outside an Albertsons store here in late February, demanding a new contract as the previous agreement was set to expire in early March. According to United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 324, big grocery more»

Barry Bloom at Sportico reports the Major League Baseball Players Association is fully expecting to be locked out by Major League Baseball during next year's negotiations on a new agreement. "Unless I am mistaken the league has come out and said there's going to be a work stoppage," Tony Clark, the Union's Executive Director told few members of the media more»

The Associated Press reports tens of thousands of University of California Physician Assistants, Optometrists and other Health Care and Custodial Workers are out on Strike over alleged Unfair Labor Practices and staffing shortages. The Strikes by two Unions representing nearly 60,000 Workers are separate and come after the Unions and 10-campus University more»

Laura Curtis at Bloomberg reports Unionized Dockworkers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), who brought half of the U.S. Container Trade to a halt last October have voted to ratify a new contract with their port and ocean carrier employers. Nearly 99% of Workers backed the contract, ILA President Harold Daggett said: more»

(PORTLAND, OREGON) - After 43 days, Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) represented Registered Nurses at all eight striking facilities have secured a tentative contract agreement with Providence Health Oregon. Bargaining teams at Providence Portland, Providence St. Vincent, Providence Newberg, Providence Seaside, Providence Milwaukie, Providence Hood River and more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports that in a blatant attack on Working Families, Michigan’s Legislature has pushed through legislation that undermines a landmark State Supreme Court ruling, slashing planned wage increases for more than 500,000 Workers. The move is viewed by Organized Labor as a direct betrayal of Michigan’s Working more»