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»

Anna Staver at cleveland.com reports from Columbus that Statehouse Republicans are moving Bills that gradually limit Union Power - a strategy critics fear is an “under-the-radar” revival of Ohio’s infamous 2011 overhaul of Public Unions. GOP Leaders say legislation like Senate Bills 1 and 8 protect taxpayer dollars, improve student more»

Jack Lowenstein at CBS News Colorado reports the Grocery Store Strike at King Soopers is over. United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 announced a return-to-work settlement – and a return to bargaining between the Grocery Store Chain and the Union. UFCW said the following terms were agreed upon while negations continue: A return to the more»

In a win for Working People, the latest version of Right-To-Work (for less) Legislation that had been introduced in the New Hampshire Legislature has been indefinitely postponed. The New Hampshire Bulletin reports the State House of Representatives voted 200-to-180 to indefinitely postpone House Bill 238, which would have turned New Hampshire into a more»

Jonathan Rosenblum at The Nation reports the result in the end was disappointing, but not surprising. By an overwhelming final vote of 2,447-to-829, Amazon Workers at the massive RDU1 Warehouse in Garner, North Carolina have rejected Union Representation. The campaign pitted the Independent Union CAUSE (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and more»

Steven Greenhouse at The Guardian reports as a Presidential Candidate last Fall, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to battle for Workers, but ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken a surprisingly large number of Anti-Worker actions. Some of those moves, among them hobbling the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), will help Trump’s more»

National Nurses United (NNU) Members who work at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans staged a two-day Strike - ahead of Super Bowl LIX, which took place on Sunday (February 9th) - to call for the fair contract they deserve. This was the second work stoppage staged by the nearly 600-Member Unit as they continue to fight for a first contract with more»

The Utah State Senate narrowly passed a Bill mired in controversy that strips Public Sector Unions of their ability to collectively bargain, but The Salt Lake Tribune reports while the Bill sits on Governor Spencer Cox’s desk awaiting his signature or veto, Union Leaders are exploring the possibility of a citizen referendum to repeal the measure - more»

Lisa Xu at LaborNotes reports 10,000 Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 - who work for King Soopers Grocery Stores, owned by Kroger, the U.S.’s largest supermarket chain, are on Strike across the State of Colorado. The Strike covers 77 stores in Denver, Boulder, Broomfield, Colorado Springs, Parker, Pueblo and surrounding more»

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and National Nurses United (NNU) are warning the Trump Administration’s deferred resignation offer threatens to make short staffing at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-run Hospitals even worse. Nurses caring for returning Service Members at VA Medical Centers and Facilities are the largest more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports in another show of hate for Workers, especially Unionized Federal Workers, Republican President Donald Trump, masterminded by Union-hating multi-billionaire Elon Musk, declared he will trash all Union contracts in the Federal Government. Trump actually declared “collective bargaining runs counter to the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Amid reports Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is attempting to gain access to sensitive personal data at the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the National AFL-CIO - together with a coalition of its Affiliated Unions and the Economic Think Tank the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), have filed an emergency more»

Josh Eidelson at Bloomberg News reports Starbucks and its Union have agreed to bring in an outside mediator for contract negotiations in an effort to revive stalled talks and reach a landmark deal. The company and Workers United “have made progress over the last nine months of bargaining and we are committed to continuing to work together - with a more»

Media reports a Bill in the State of Utah that seeks to limit or ban Public Sector Labor Unions’ Collective Bargaining power remains on pause - and Utah Senate Leaders are now unsure when it will be revisited. H.B. 267/Public Sector Labor Union Amendments has been temporarily postponed after passing its second reading in the Utah Senate after the more»

Business Insider reports three Federal Employee Unions are accusing the U.S. Treasury Department of giving Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) unlawful access to sensitive information. In a lawsuit filed Monday (February 3rd), lawyers acting for the Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government Employees and the more»

Jaewon Kang at Bloomberg reports the Teamsters have reached a tentative contract agreement with Costco Wholesale, avoiding for now a Strike by thousands of Unionized Employees. The deal between the Retailer and the Union, which represents less than 10% of the company’s 219,000 Employees in the U.S., had been set to expire late Friday (January 31st). more»

The National AFL-CIO and several of its Affiliate Unions have released statements regarding the tragic disaster that occurred earlier this week at Washington, D.C.’s National Airport: Our entire Union Family is devastated by the horrific aircraft collision near Washington National Airport Wednesday night. While details are still emerging on this more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - represented by Democracy Forward and Bredhoff and Kaiser PLLC, have filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging efforts to politicize civil service through illegal Executive Orders. more»

Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports ABC News' Unionized Writers have secured new protections governing the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their workplace. Staffers who belong to the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have voted to ratify a contract that offers some employment safeguards if the newsroom adopts the more»

The Associated Press reports Workers employed at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia have voted to Unionize, becoming the first group of Workers to Go Union at the Amazon-owned Grocery Store Chain. Fifty-seven-percent of the store’s Employees voted in favor of joining United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776. The results mark the first more»

Hannah Schoenbaum at the Associated Press reports from Salt Lake City that Utah Lawmakers have advanced a Bill that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive Labor Laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of Unions serving Teachers and other Public Service Professionals. The GOP proposal would ban collective more»

Shannon McDonagh at Newsweek reports the longest Strike in decades by Las Vegas Hotel Workers ended Wednesday (January 22nd) with a new contract between the Culinary and Bartenders Union and Virgin Hotels. Beginning November 15th (2024), the Strike lasted 69 days after Workers maintained they would not settle for a "second-class contract." The Culinary more»

After more than two months on the picket line, Workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local I460/District 4 at the IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Maryland, have ratified a new contract. Members initially began their work stoppage last year - on November 15th, after rejecting management’s proposal that would more»

Elise Schmelzer at The Denver Post reports on a new coalition of Unions across the State of Colorado, whose hope is to help those interested in finding a stable and sustainable career that involves mitigating climate change and building the new infrastructure needed for a cleaner economy. Climate Jobs Colorado is dedicated to promoting Union Labor as part more»

Alex Harring at CNBC reports the Teamsters, which represents 18,000 Costco Employees, have voted to authorize a Strike, paving the way for a work stoppage if the Union and the retailer do not reach an agreement. The Teamsters said 85% of its Members voted to approve the action. The current contract between the Teamsters and the wholesaler is set to expire more»

In light of the ongoing wildfires affecting communities in and around Los Angeles, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond released the following statement: When disaster strikes, the Labor Movement springs into action to help our communities respond and heal. The AFL-CIO stands with the heroic Union Members who more»

Kyle Kaminski at The ‘Gander reports the Union that represents thousands of Nurses and other Health Care Professionals at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has reached a tentative agreement with their employer, effectively averting a planned, five-day Strike that was set to begin on January 20th. The Professional Employee Council of Sparrow more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) - the Union that represents Flight Attendants and Ground Simulator Instructors at jetBlue Airways - supports the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) $2 million fine of jetBlue for chronically delaying flights. “jetBlue management is intentionally causing chronic delays more»

Lauren Gallup at Northwest Public Broadcasting reports on a new piece of legislation in Washington State that could favorably impact striking Workers in that State. The Bill would allow Workers to eventually access Unemployment Benefits, starting the second Sunday after they began withholding their labor. And Workers could claim up to four weeks of more»

Unionized Ushers are preparing to Strike if they can't reach an agreement on a new contract with Ensemble Arts Philly by Wednesday (January 15th). International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local B29, which represents about 100 Ushers, has authorized a Strike after rejecting the organization's latest proposal that was made on December more»

Emily Girsch at KATU-TV in Portland reports that for the first time in Oregon History, Doctors have joined Nurses in a Health Care Strike. Union Officials say 5,000 Providence Medical Group Nurses and 150 Doctors walked off the job Friday (January 10th) morning. The Providence Medical Group has hired 2,000 replacement Nurses, but Hospital Officials say more»

(PARK CITY, UTAH) - Ski Patrollers represented by the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association (PCPSPA)-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7781 have ratified a new contract with Vail Resorts which has brought an end to their Strike. The contract raises wages by an average of $4-an-hour and guarantees Workers’ wage parity if wages are more»

(NORTH BERGEN/LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY) – The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have reached a tentative agreement on all items for a new six-year Master Contract. The two sides agreed to continue to operate under the current contract until the Union can meet with its full Wage Scale more»

Colleen Uechi at Maui Now reports United Nurses and Health Care Employees - the Union representing about 930 Employees of Maui Health, have approved a new four-year contract, with more than 90% in favor of the agreement. The deal will provide significant pay increases and requirements for safe levels of staffing, avoiding a Strike that could’ve more»

(PERRYVILLE, MARYLAND) - Approximately 320 Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local I460/District 4, who work at the IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Maryland, remain on Strike for a fair contract after rejecting the company’s latest proposal that was made just before the end of 2024. IAM Local more»

Breck Dumas at FOXBusiness reports the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which represents the 45,000 U.S. Dock Workers who went on Strike in the Fall, is returning to the negotiating table with port employers amid threats of carrying out another Strike at East and Gulf Coast Ports this month. FOX Business confirms the ILA and United States more»

For the past 12 weeks, Unionized Mental Health Care Professionals who work for the Kaiser Permanente Health System have been on Strike in the State of California. Talks between the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and Kaiser broke down in October. Since that time, more than 1,700 Kaiser Mental Healthcare Employees have been without a paycheck more»

Reuters reports holiday skiers at Utah’s Park City, the U.S.’s biggest ski resort, posted on Social Media that they were encountering long lift lines and some closed trails as a Strike by Ski Patrol Workers entered its fifth day. Nearly 200 Ski Patrol and Safety Workers hit the picket line over demands for higher pay at the Park City Mountain more»

Tom Ryan at RetailWire reports the Union Wave at big U.S. Retailers hasn’t yet resulted in first contracts for Workers at Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s or REI, but recent Strikes over the holiday period show the labor pressures aren’t letting up. At Amazon, the Teamsters claimed thousands of Amazon Delivery Drivers went on Strike across more»

Greg Haas KLAS-TV In Las Vegas reports the Chippendales aren’t getting the respect they deserve, according to the Actors’ Equity Association. The iconic Performers for the all-male revue have been in residence at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for more than two decades. They joined the Union in October and anticipated a voluntary move more»

Nick Evans at The Ohio Capital Journal reports Ohio’s Nurses had two big asks for Lawmakers in the most recent legislative session and got one of them. Assuming Governor Mike DeWine signs the Bill into Law, hospitals will have to start developing security plans and reporting workplace violence in the coming year. But Nurses’ bigger ask - more»

Teen Vogue’s No Class is an Op-Ed Column by Philadelphia-based Journalist and Radical Organizer Kim Kelly that connects Worker struggles and the current state of the American Labor Movement with its storied - and sometimes bloodied - past. Kelly’s latest offering focuses in on the incoming Trump Administration and how it might target Workers. more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports on the nationwide Starbucks Workers Strike, a five-day action that ends today on Christmas Eve. The Starbucks strike is more evidence that underpaid, overworked, stressed-out and exploited Workers, many of them young, Female, People of Color or all of the above, have had it up to here with corporate capitalist more»

Taryn Fivek at People’s World report in the run-up to the Holiday Season, the diverse, Working-Class New York City Borough of Queens seemed to suddenly erupt with Labor Militancy. Both the Amazon Teamsters and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) took action last week to demand the same thing - that management come to the table with good-faith more»

(WATERBURY, VERMONT) - Members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 371 have approved a first contract, which brings significant gains for Workers employed at Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factories in St. Albans and Waterbury, Vermont. “I’m so proud of my Co-Workers for sticking together and demanding more»

The Teamsters have launched the largest Strike against Amazon in U.S. History, a nationwide action that follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon Workers who organized with the Teamsters. Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said: “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you more»

Amelia Lucas at CNBC reports Starbucks Workers United announced 98% of Union-represented Baristas have voted to authorize a Strike as they seek a contract with the Coffee Giant. Bargaining Delegates are set to return to negotiations with Starbucks in the last scheduled session of the year with the goal of agreeing on a “foundational framework.” more»

Caroline O'Donovan and Lauren Kaori Gurley at The Washington Post report on a sweeping Congressional investigation into Worker safety at Amazon that found that the Nation’s largest on-line retailer manipulated data on warehouse Worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released by the Senate Health, more»