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»

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»