Alexandra Skores at The Dallas Morning News reports Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants have voted in favor of a new contract, the first contract among Unionized Flight Attendants at major airlines. Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 556, which represents Southwest’s nearly 20,000 Flight Attendants, and the airline had been in negotiations since more»

Every year on May 1st, we celebrate International Workers’ Day to commemorate Workers securing an eight-hour workday. While Labor Day has become a more prominent holiday in the United States, May Day has deep meaning going back to 1886 after the resistance of Black, White and Immigrant Workers in Haymarket Square in Chicago. The Labor Movement has a more»

Katie Kilkenny at The Hollywood Reporter reports all West Coast International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Locals have now reached tentative contract agreements with studios and streamers on their craft-specific issues. However, the remaining two Locals of the Crew Union that had yet to cement provisional agreements, the Propmakers’ more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) – Members of Teamsters Local 705 have won an $8.7 million racial discrimination lawsuit against DHL Express. The suit, filed in 2010 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), revealed DHL subjected Black Teamsters in Chicago “to different terms and conditions” and to “less desirable, more difficult more»

In a move directly affecting 8,000 Workers in California and Nevada, Communication Workers of America (CWA)-represented Members employed at AT&T West in District 9 – which includes California and Nevada, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a Strike, if necessary. The current CWA-AT&T West contract expired on April 6th. The Strike more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The 2024 edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect marks the 33rd year the National AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s Workers. The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, promising every Worker the right to a safe job, has been in effect for more than 50 years more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - At their annual National Legislative Conference, in front of thousands of Building Trades Members from across the country, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) announced its formal endorsement of Joe Biden for President and Kamala Harris for Vice President of the United States. The NABTU is an alliance of 14 National more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the Nation’s Pharmacists are fed up with a dramatic increase in workload, which they say are due to major cutbacks in staffing levels. That’s why the National Pharmacists Association-Laborers Union (NPhA-LIUNA) is demonstrating at 46 Walgreens stores in the Chicago area. NPhA-LIUNA represents more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports six White Republican Southern Governors banded together to blast and condemn the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) Organizing Drive in the Deep South - specifically the successful Unionization vote at the Volkswagen (VW) Plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Governors Bill Lee of Tennessee, Kay Ivey of Alabama, more»

(CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE) - In a historic victory, an overwhelming majority of Volkswagen Workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) - becoming the first Southern Auto Workers outside of the Big Three to win their Union. The final vote tally was 73% to 27%, with 2,628 Workers voting yes and 985 voting no. more»

(VANCE, ALABAMA) - A super-majority of Mercedes-Benz Workers have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). The more than 5,000 Workers employed at the Mercedes Plant located outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama are the second group of Southern Auto Workers to call for a Union Election in less more»

“Workers’ Rights are violated overseas, they are making a fraction of what American Workers make and it’s important to shed light on this struggle because an injury to one is an injury to all,” Chicago Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer Don Villar told Cameron Harrison at People’s World just hours before a major more»

Josh Eidelson at Bloomberg reports the United Auto Workers (UAW) is on the cusp of a significant milestone in its audacious effort to grow by 150,000 people across 13 Automakers. A Volkswagen AG Factory is the next in line to vote on whether to become the only Foreign Commercial Carmaker Unionized in the U.S. It would also be the first Vehicle Plant to more»

Ethan Duran at The Daily Reporter, the construction news source for Wisconsin, reports an agreement between the State’s top Utility Providers and five Construction Unions will solidify Union Labor used for most future utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage projects in Wisconsin. The parties who took the pledge were Alliant Energy, Madison Gas more»

Jonathan Michels at Jacobin reports the South has long been the Achilles heel of the American Labor Movement. The United Auto Worker (UAW) Union is trying to make inroads - including a heated contract fight between Workers and bosses at the Multi-National Corporation Daimler Truck North America (DTNA). The contract between DTNA and 7,000 UAW-represented more»

Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9 has reached a tentative four-year agreement with DirecTV, which includes significant improvements in wages, health benefits, holidays, scheduling and job security. DirecTV Workers will see a 14% increase over the life of the contract, with the first year seeing a 5% increase retroactive to April 7th, 2024 more»

Brandon Mancilla at Jacobin reports the United Auto Workers (UAW) will be providing material to support Mexican Auto Worker organizing. The effort aims at spreading independent Unionism across the border - and at undermining automakers’ ability to threaten U.S. Workers with offshoring their jobs. The UAW said its solidarity with Mexican Workers more»

Gene Maddaus at Variety reports California Lawmakers are considering a slew of proposals to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) - the Union that represents Hollywood Actors, is pushing for legislation that would require detailed consent for the use of “Digital more»

The STAND reports the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 46, which represents more than 1,000 Limited Energy Electricians in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, is preparing for a potential Strike after their current contract expired on March 31st. The Union had agreed to a 10-day extension - which expires tomorrow more»

(AUSTIN, TEXAS) - Austin Pets Alive! (APA) Animal Shelter Employees have filed a Representation Petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requesting recognition of their Union - Austin Pets Allied Workers (APAW). After collecting Union Card signatures from a majority of 200 APA Workers - with the support of both International Association of more»

(THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) - Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9 Members rallied with community supporters in a show of solidarity with the AT&T and DirecTV Bargaining Teams. The simultaneous rallies took place in Los Angeles and Sacramento with participants braving the rain in L.A. to make their voices heard. These demonstrations came more»

William Thornton at Alabama.com reports United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain earlier this week told a fired up room of Union Members in North Carolina that Southern politicians “sense that things are changing.” “Right now, Auto Workers at Mercedes’ Plant in Tuscaloosa are joining together to form a Union with the UAW. Of more»

Svante Myrick at The People For The American Way has a very interesting report for anyone who is still dramatically under-reacting to the MAGA threat of former President Donald Trump returning to the White House. Myrick got ahold of MAGA’s Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project’s so-called Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Project, more»

(PHOENIX, ARIZONA) - The Phoenix City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance that will provide protections from extreme heat for thousands of Outdoor Workers in the hottest city in the United States. The rule requires employers to provide Workers access to shade from the sun, rest, water and air conditioning, as well as training on recognizing signs more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the destruction of the vital Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, when a city-block-long container cargo ship weighing almost 100,000 tons lost power and crashed into a central pier on March 26th, will have wide ramifications for jobs, trade and infrastructure. Five Workers filling potholes on the bridge as more»

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9510 Members who are employed at SEGA of America have ratified their first collectively bargained contract – which in the process becomes the first major Video Game Company in the Nation to get a Union contract. The agreement covers 150 Full-Time and Temporary Employees across a range of job titles, more»

(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) - Thousands of Southern California Hospitality Workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11 have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract containing historic wins after repeated rolling Strikes since the Summer 2023. UNITE HERE Local 11 Representatives say 98% of the Workers voted to ratify the agreement. In addition, at 11 of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 577, representing 1,700 Flight Attendants employed at Allegiant Airlines, has announced a tentative agreement on a five-year contract that would provide wage increases ranging from 20% to 41.2% for Members on the date of ratification. The tentative agreement is a product of negotiations that began in more»

Forbes Contributor David Reichenberg reports the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent challenge to the proposed merger between Grocery Chains Kroger and Albertsons also made the claim Unionized Grocery Workers will likely be paid less or otherwise face harsher working conditions by the combined company. This allegation makes good on the more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the dangers of the continuing power of Right Wing judges and their ability to hurt all Americans are once again on display in Texas where the Right has been running rampant for years. A Donald Trump-named Federal District Judge in rural Tyler, Texas, tossed out the National Labor Relations Board’s recent more»

(CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE) - Volkswagen Workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), after a super-majority of Volkswagen Workers signed Union cards in just 100 days. The milestone marks the first Non-Union Auto Plant to file for a Union Election among more»

NBC Boston reports Dartmouth University will not enter into collective bargaining Service Employees International Union Local 560, the Union that its Men’s Basketball Players voted to join earlier this month - a move that could send the case to Federal Court. The school was adamant, in a release, that it believes “Athletes in the Ivy League are more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has identified a class of lazy Workers: On Wall Street. Fain recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in Senate Labor Committee hearings and go to bat for Workers to get a 32-hour work-week for 40 hours’ pay - before overtime, as Labor Committee more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Social Security, saving Workers’ pensions and passing the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act were top topics as the Teamsters - led by reform President Sean O’Brien and Rank-and-File Members - interviewed Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden in D.C. this week. The hour-long session held more»

Hamilton Nolan at Mother Jones notes this Labor News Story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. Organized Labor is currently being bolstered by a surge of support for Union activity, which had already been growing slowly since the Great Recession back in 2009. Latest polls show public approval of Labor more»

Cynthia Littleton at Variety reports that issues involving the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the production process is the big sticking point in Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ (SAG-AFTRA) negotiations with the largest Video Game Companies, SAG-AFTRA Chief Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said over the weekend more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Teamsters at Anheuser-Busch have voted by an overwhelming 86% to ratify a five-year agreement that significantly raises pay, improves health care and retirement benefits, and protects all Members’ jobs. The new agreement rewards 5,000 Teamsters working at Anheuser-Busch Breweries nationwide. Teamsters General President more»

(FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA) - After a unified and strong 15-day strike, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 Fairfax Connector Workers this week ratified a strong contract with contractor Transdev that addresses the Union’s demands for fair pay and strong benefits. More than 650 Bus Operators and Maintenance Workers of Fairfax Connector walked off the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Bechtel and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) have announced a new, multi-year partnership dedicated to saving lives in the construction community lost to suicide. Bechtel’s $7 million commitment to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will provide critical resources and programming to 500,000 U.S. more»

Kelsey Sanchez at KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas reports as a YouTube Music Contract Worker was preparing to make a victory speech at the Austin City Council after pleading with the Council to support their cause toward bringing their employers to the negotiating table with their Union, he and other Team Members learned their contracts were ended by the company. more»

Press Associates Union News Service reports from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota for People World that more than 13,000 Union-represented Workers around the Twin Cities- including Teachers, Laborers, Service Employees and United Food and Commercial Workers, and Transit Workers - are headed for coordinated Strikes in mid-March unless their bosses, including more»

Daniel Wiessner at Reuters reports Workers United and -Starbucks have agreed to create a "framework" to guide organizing and collective bargaining and potentially settle scores of pending legal disputes. The two said in a joint announcement that during talks to settle an ongoing court case, "a constructive path forward emerged" on the future of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has reached a five-year tentative agreement that significantly raises pay, improves health care and retirement benefits, and provides critical job security for all 5,000 Teamsters at Anheuser-Busch Breweries nationwide. The agreement has been unanimously recommended by the Teamsters more»

Paula Tracy at InDepthNH.org reports from Concord, New Hampshire that a so-called Right-To-Work (For Less) Bill was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 212-to-168. More than 1,400 members of the public testified or signed on to a position on the Bill over two days of testimony, and about 50 were in support of Right-To-Work. Democratic more»

Cynthia Littleton at Variety reports the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has struck a tentative contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), reaching a deal that Union Leaders are hailing as “a watershed moment for Artists” that includes residuals for made-for-streaming content and protections more»

Dominic Patten at Deadline reports that three months after Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) ended its long and bitter Strike against the studios, Guild President Fran Drescher took a glamourous and humorous victory lap in front of some of her most notable Members over the weekend at the annual SAG Awards in more»

Nick Barrickman and Linda Rios at The World Socialist Web Site report that earlier this week (Wednesday, February 21st) 638 Bus Drivers, Mechanics, Utility and Facility Workers and Clerks represented by Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 began a walkout at the Fairfax Connector Transit System in Northern Virginia. The Workers, who have been without more»

(FORT WORTH, TEXAS) - Members of Teamsters Local 997 who are employed at Molson Coors in Fort Worth, Texas are on Strike over the company’s disgusting pay package and complete unwillingness to reach a fair agreement with its Union-represented Employees, Teamster Officials said. Teamsters walked off the job after Molson Coors failed to come to terms more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports Starbucks Baristas from 21 stores around the country conducted a one-day Union Blitz earlier this week, potentially adding hundreds of new Members to a Union Campaign that’s battling the Coffee Chain for first contracts. Their Union, Workers United, said it is the largest group of Starbucks stores to go more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports that going five years without a raise, because your boss won’t bargain a new Union contract, has its costs. Because of low pay and up to five years - to be precise, 1,931 days - at one big carrier without a new contract drove tens of thousands of Unionized Flight Attendants to the picket line earlier more»