(ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO) - Registered Nurses (RNs) at HCA HealthONE Swedish (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood, Colorado have voted to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) - the country’s largest Nurses’ Union. NNOC/NNU now represents nearly 800 Nurses at HCA HealthONE Swedish, a 504-bed Level 1 Trauma more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports dismissals of Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges have surged at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under Republican President Donald Trump, according to a new analysis. From January 2025 to April 2026, the NLRB dismissed 34.7% of all ULP Charges filed by Labor Unions, a 14.2 percentage-point increase from more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - After nearly three years of negotiations with the company, Piedmont Passenger Services Workers who are represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have won a historic settlement totaling nearly $2 million in wages owed to Workers. CWA Chief of Staff Sylvia Ramos, who led the settlement negotiations, said she was informed more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In all the worries and angst over loss of jobs nationwide, what is often overlooked is that there are certain skills, observations and alertness only humans can perform - such as preventing a catastrophic building collapse in Midtown Manhattan. That’s what happened at 235 East 42nd Street on July 7th, when two Members of more»

Matt Prysiazny at FOX 47 News reports the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center receives up to 1,200 applicants annually for just 30 to 60 available slots, according to its Training Director. Electrician demand is rising, driven by data centers and new technology. Due to a number of constraints, including training space, staff more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Members will continue to be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program after a Federal Judge blocked the Trump Administration’s effort to unfairly disqualify certain government and non-profit employers from the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than 600 Union-eligible Employees at the Hachette Book Group (HBG), the third-largest Trade Publisher in the U.S., Workers have voted 388-to-130 to Unionize with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. The newly-certified Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC) will now begin negotiating its first Collective Bargaining Agreement with the more»

(PORT JEFFERSON, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement at Long Island’s Catholic Health/St. Charles Hospital, averting a Strike that was set to begin on Monday (July 13th). Nurses will vote on whether to ratify the contract on Friday (July 10th). Highlights of the more»

Workers employed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Pacific Island Region in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and CNMI have voted -overwhelmingly, to be represented by International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 8A. Local 8A President Nick Tolimieri said: “Local (8A) more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Labor Unions and Civil Rights Groups are girding for another battle over a massive Republican Voter Suppression Bill, the so-called SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act. Right-Wing House Republicans demanded the GOP attach the SAVE Act to the annual Military Authorization Bill, but their leaders said “no.” more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Mamdani Administration has secured more than $2.3 million in restitution for Workers from four employers accused of violating New York City's Worker Protection Laws, with more than 1,600 Workers set to receive compensation. The settlements, reached by the City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, require Walgreens, more»

(BALDWIN, NEW YORK) – A group of 200 Teamsters employed at Bimbo Bakeries in Baldwin have ratified what Union Officials are called a “significant” new contract. The Route Sales Professionals, Route Riders, Field Merchandising Representatives and Utility Drivers are employed by Entenmann’s and S.B. Thomas, brands under the Bimbo more»

Anne Fischer at pv magazine reports the U.S. Solar Industry now supports more than 280,000 Workers, yet the Industry struggles to find an adequate number of qualified personnel to keep up with accelerated project timelines, according to the 2025 U.S. Energy & Employment Report (USEER) and the IREC National Solar Jobs Census. The study finds the Industry more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) have sued the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over the unlawful termination of hundreds of Union contracts. The lawsuit alleges Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s April 9th memo canceling virtually all Civilian more»

(ALMA, MICHIGAN) - While much of the country fired up grills and watched fireworks this Independence Day weekend, most of the 178 Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma walked the picket line instead, fighting for their own kind of freedom - freedom from unfair wages, unsafe staffing and a Hospital Administration they say has more»

(THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO) – Ninety Employees at Albertsons Grocery Stores in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, New Mexico have voted to join United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1562 in their quest to attain better wages, benefits and workplace protections that come with a Union contract. Workers at the Albuquerque Eubank Boulevard location more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One year ago, President Donald Trump signed the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, commemorating the July 4th Holiday by throwing millions off their health care and food assistance and cutting hundreds of thousands of health care jobs. The National AFL-CIO is marking the anniversary by detailing the damage the law has done to Working more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the United Auto Workers (UAW) is challenging the Big Capitalist-driven trade policies that have gutted American manufacturing and wrecked Working-Class Communities across the country. In a new white paper: Trade and the American Dream: NAFTA, the USMCA, and the Future of the Working Class, the Union lays out more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Union-represented Hotel Workers employed at the Fairfield by Marriott New York Manhattan Times Square and at the Four Points by Sheraton Midtown-Times Square on West 40th Street - who are calling for an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) boycott, are picketing outside the Times Square Hotels. The Workers voted to become Members of the Hotel more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with New York State that delivers improvements in wages, benefits and workplace protections and addresses affordability challenges facing State Workers. CSEA President Mary Sullivan said: “We applaud Governor (Kathy) more»

April D. Lee at the Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press reports becoming an Electrician looks smarter as Artificial Intelligence (AI) changes office work and pushes more money into power-heavy infrastructure. The Trade offers strong pay, paid training routes and work that still requires human skill, judgment and hands-on problem-solving. A serious look at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On July 1st, the Minimum Wage rose in the States of Alaska, Oregon and in our Nation’s Capital, Washington, D.C. - lifting wages for more than 361,000 Workers and collectively raising their earnings by more than $221 million. In addition to these two States and Washington, D.C. - 14 Cities and Counties also increased their more»

Members of Production Assistants United, an affiliate of Laborers Local 724, who work on three Warner Brothers’ shows have ratified their first Union contracts. Staffers on Abbott Elementary, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and All American all unanimously approved their separate agreements. Highlights include a minimum wage rate of $20 an more»

Nicole Rosky at BroadwayWorld reports more than 250 Union-represented Cleaners have voted to authorize a Strike that would impact 30 Broadway Theaters showing Tony award-winning productions like Schmigadoon, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Wicked and The Lion King. This marks the first time Broadway Cleaners have authorized a Strike in nearly two decades. more»

(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - Montefiore Hospital is planning to lay off real Nurses and replace them with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered software, so says the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). NYSNA Nurses just hosted a virtual town hall with directly-impacted Nurses to discuss Montefiore’s plan, its negative impact on jobs and patient care more»

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has confirmed that Magic: The Gathering Arena Workers have won their Union Election to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in a landslide victory. Under the banner of United Wizards of the Coast-CWA (UWOTC-CWA), workers first filed for a vote in April and requested management voluntarily recognize them. more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) have voted to remove hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Union's investments in Israeli bonds because of the country's war in Gaza. The vote to divest came at the just-held Union's 39th Constitutional Convention at Huntington Place in Downtown Detroit as one of the UAW's last orders of more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - After a nine-day Strike, Members of UNITE HERE Local 274 have unanimously ratified a new contract that covers 170 Workers employed at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel that will run through January 2028. The Hospitality Workers walked off the job at the City’s largest Union Hotel as World Cup games started and more»

A job-training model that launched North Carolina Workers straight into the Pharmaceutical Industry is coming to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley - and could be the blueprint for landing a career at Eli Lilly and Company’s new $3.5 billion plant. The Pharmaceutical Giant is building a massive Drug Production Facility in Upper Macungie Township more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, which allows the President to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Labor Federation submitted an amicus brief in the case in November calling on the Supreme Court to uphold the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision affirming Birthright Citizenship: The Supreme Court upheld one of the fundamental promises of our Constitution: That every child born in the United States is a Citizen of the United States. This decision more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Mamdani Administration is asking a Federal Court to block a Delivery App from operating in New York City, alleging the company paid Workers as little as $3.67 an hour in violation of the City's Minimum Wage Laws. The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) and the City's Law Department have filed a motion more»

The New York Court of Appeals has issued a significant decision in Walton v. Comfort Systems USA (Syracuse), Incorporated, answering previously unsettled certified questions from the Second Circuit with important implications for employers performing work on public projects in New York. The Court held that under Labor Law § 220, the statutory more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Members of the Printing Packaging & Production Workers Union of North America (PPPWU) have voted to affiliate with the 600,000-Member International Association of Machinists (IAM), creating the IAM/PPPWU and marking a historic new chapter for 16,000 Workers across the Printing, Packaging, Paper Converting, Graphic Communications and more»

Warren Tennyson at KSNV-TV in Las Vegas reports 25 Southern Nevada teenagers are a step closer to careers in the Skilled Trades after completing this year’s Heavy Metal Summer Experience, a week-long, hands-on Training Program for youth age 15 to 19. The program, now in its third year, selected 25 students from a total of 119 applicants. Over five more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement regarding what must be done by Organized Labor prior to the November Mid-Term Election: We have less than 130 days - that’s how long we have until Election Day to launch the biggest, most organized electoral campaign that our movement has ever more»

Stuart Chirls at FreightWaves reports a walkout by Workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) over wages and benefits is marking the first Strike in decades against a major California Sugar Producer. The ILWU Strike at C&H Sugar in Crockett led by Warehouse Local 6 is reportedly over health care, retiree benefits, sick more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The owner of Luxury Clothing Brand Salon 1884 was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for allegedly forcing Employees to work long hours while stealing up to $54,000 of wages. Andrea Marshal, 44, has been charged with one count of grand larceny, one count of scheming to defraud, one count of effect of failure to secure more»

(MALONE, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the University of Vermont (UVM)-Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract. This victory comes after months at the bargaining table and a late-night bargaining session on June 17th when Nurses reached a more»

Editorial Staff at Ocean State Media (OSM) - Rhode Island’s joint NPR and PBS organization, have decisively voted to form a Union with Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Hosts, Reporters and Producers at the News Outlet delivered a petition to management last month declaring their intent to organize. more»

Eloise Jones at Tech Times reports Fortune Magazine just republished its deep-dive on AI (Artificial Intelligence) infrastructure labor and the updated numbers hit harder than the original: the U.S. needs hundreds of thousands of Electricians, Plumbers and Construction Workers to build the data centers that make AI run - and it does not have them. Nvidia more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump Administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections: Today’s decision is a devastating blow to Working Families and the stability of our economy. We stand proudly with more»

(BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA) - Workers employed at the Big Red Liquors Store on West 17th in Bloomington, Indiana have joined United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700, marking the first Big Red Liquors Unit to join the UFCW. The Workers - who stock the shelves, back fill the coolers, run registers and clean the store, joined the UFCW over more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In another Donald Trump regime slam at Workers, a proposed U.S. Labor Department (DOL) “Joint Employer” rule could cost at least 595,000 more Workers, already exploited by low pay, no benefits and bad conditions, at least $3.7 billion - yearly, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says. The yearly loss to individual Workers more»

Stefan Milovanovic at Geek Spin reports more than 1,000 Workers at General Motors’ (GM) flagship Detroit Assembly Plant were idled, many of them indefinitely, as the company installed 50 robots. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is calling the move exactly what it appears to be: automation is displacing people. The robots in question, known as more»

Nobody grows up dreaming of spending their career fixing boilers or pulling wire through conduit, but a lot of people are leaving serious money on the table by overlooking those jobs - money that could be used to grow your wealth instead of servicing student loan debt. A persistent shortage of Skilled Trade Workers has pushed wages in some of the least more»

Anyone who’s spent time in a hospital knows that the heart of a patient’s Care Team is the Nurse, who shows up at any hour to adjust an IV, answer panicked questions or simply sit at the bedside while a patient tries to make sense of what’s happening to their body. That proximity - physical, emotional, and constant, turns into something more»

UNITE HERE Local 274 Members are on Strike at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown - the largest Union Hotel in the City. Hospitality Workers are demanding wages and benefits in line with the new city-wide standard, which five other Union Hotels have already secured, including: A $30-per-hour wage For Non-Tipped Employees by 2028; A decrease from a 16-room to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The death of Deniz, a carriage horse that collapsed and died in Central Park, has reignited debate over New York City's Horse-Carriage Industry. But for the Carriage Drivers represented by Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, the days following the horse's death have also brought a wave of threats, harassment and anti-Immigrant attacks more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Thousands of Health Care Workers rallied near City Hall in Foley Square, urging the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York to reach a new contract covering 86,000 Service Employees International (SEIU) Union Local 1199 members who are employed at Hospitals and Nursing Homes across New York. The Workers - Registered Nurses, more»