Brandon Chew at People’s World reports the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA) is calling for investigations into Law Enforcement Officers they say have illegally targeted Journalists with “less-lethal rounds and tear gas” amid ongoing protests in Los Angeles against Federal immigration raids. The Union, which represents more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have reached agreement on a new three-year tentative contract, APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein announced. The deal runs retro-actively from September 21st, 2024, through September 20th, 2027. In accordance with the APWU Constitution, it was more»

Benjamin Sachs, Professor of Labor and Industry at the Harvard Law School and a leading expert in the field of Labor Law and Labor Relations, recently penned an interesting Labor Perspective that appeared in OnLabor. It read, in part: When President Trump removed Gwynne Wilcox from her seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), he left the Board more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest Trade Union Federation in the world, Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall.” The index noted Workers’ rights and Democracy around the world are often more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta has been released from the hospital, but remains in custody, according to his Union, which posted on its Facebook Page: “We all collectively have to object to his more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration cutting $3.7 billion in funding for energy projects: The Labor Movement condemns the Department of Energy’s decision to cut $3.7 billion in funding for new energy projects and take away tens of thousands of good Union jobs from more»

Rebecca Beitsch at The Hill reports the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored an initial victory in its challenge to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from stripping Collective Bargaining Rights from Employees at the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA). “Today’s court decision is a crucial victory for more»

LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad at People’s World report the House’s passage of President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP and other services for Working Americans. The Bill, which has now moved to the Senate, has been called a massive transfer more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Elon Musk was leaving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) - but also held a press conference with President Donald Trump, who said: “(Elon) will always be with us:” Elon Musk didn’t get rid of any more»

The Associated Press reports the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to freeze a California-based Judge’s order halting the Trump Administration from downsizing the Federal Workforce, which means the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-led cuts remain on pause - for now. A split three-Judge panel found the downsizing could have more»

Reporting from Orlando, Florida - Cameron Harrison and Emma Glazer of People’s World: “If they can bust our Unions, how long before they come for the rest of us?,” asked American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) President Everett Kelley during the second session of the 54th International Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports from Washington, D.C. the top Enforcement Officer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Acting General Counsel William Cowen, has cut back on remedies for Workers harmed by company law-breaking. The latest Anti-Labor move by the Administration follows a Supreme Court ruling upholding the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) - America’s largest Private Sector Union representing 1.2 million Workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail and other essential industries across North America, has announced the ratification of a first-ever national contract that will bring more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports that fired Employees are warning drastic cuts at a Federal Workplace Safety Research Agency increase the risk of illness and injury for Workers across the U.S. and undermine preparations for public health emergencies. The Trump Administration ordered widespread layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety more»

Capital and Main and Marcus Baram at Fast Company report one of the most notable features of President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill passed by the House is a series of tax cuts exempting tips, overtime and Social Security from taxes. The White House said no taxes on overtime and tips “makes good on two of President Trump’s cornerstone more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Following a series of field hearings held across the U.S., a new report from the National AFL-CIO’s Department of People Who Work for a Living (DPWL) finds that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) mass firings, cuts to essential services and attacks on Worker protections, safety and the people who enforce them are more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump’s removal of two Democratic appointees from Federal Boards, handing the Administration a legal victory and settling a high-stakes dispute over the President's power to fire Agency Officials. The ruling comes after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to temporarily more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Budget Reconciliation Bill, which passed by just one vote overnight in the U.S. House of Representatives: House Republican Leaders passed this shameful Bill in the middle of the night for one reason: They didn’t want the American People to see the more»

Hayley Brown at The Center for Economic and Policy Research reports on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Force Statistics’ (BLS) releasing its annual summary of the Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers in the United States, based on data collected monthly via the Current Population Survey (CPS). While Union Membership is not among the BLS’ more»

Josh Gerstein at Politico reports a Federal Appeals Court has lifted a lower Court order that prevented the Federal Government from implementing President Donald Trump’s plan to end collective bargaining by Workers at more than a dozen Federal Agencies. In a 2-1 ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports for Workers and their allies, the more you look at GOP President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” money Bill - also known as reconciliation - the worse and worse it gets. Trying to quell the firestorm of opposition that has even some loyal MAGA Lawmakers worried about their futures, he is more»

Workers at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. have announced their intent to form a Union with the United Auto Workers after waves of layoffs and President Trump’s takeover of the board in February. Organized under the name Kennedy Center United Arts Workers, the Bargaining Unit would cover Administrative and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Unions across Nursing, Education, Mining and Manufacturing Industries, along with a manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), are suing the Trump Administration to reverse the illegal dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human more»

The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union has released a damning new report arguing the U.S. Auto Industry could create tens of thousands of good-paying Union jobs by simply better utilizing existing plants instead of off-shoring production and funneling profits to Wall Street. The report - Unlocking the Potential of U.S. Auto Manufacturing Capacity, exposes a more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million Members employed in grocery, meatpacking, retail and other essential industries across North America, has announced the retirement of current International President Marc Perrone and the election of Secretary-Treasurer Milton Jones as more»

David Steiner, a former CEO of the Nation’s largest Waste Management Company who currently serves on the FedEx Board of Directors, is poised to take over control of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), becoming the country’s 76th Postmaster General. This comes as President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government more»

Austin Keating at SNIPS News reports that at the annual meeting of the Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association (SPIDA) in May, Industry Leaders from both the Union and Non-Union sides of the Sheet Metal Industry gathered to confront a common problem: How to plan around trade policy in a climate that feels radically more uncertain than just a few years ago. more»

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently penned a Labor Perspective that appear in Education International: President Donald Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. Trump’s illegal and autocratic actions more»

John P. Ruehl, an Australian-American Journalist living in Washington, D.C. who is a Contributing Editor to Strategic Policy, wrote this Labor Perspective that was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. In part, he wrote: In March 2025, hundreds of Workers at the JSW Steel facility in Ohio became the latest to Unionize more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports as Republican President Donald Trump again verbally trashes the U.S. Constitution, both National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and the public - in a new poll by the Pew Research Center, are calling him out for what he is - a serious threat to Democracy. Shuler says Trump is an “autocrat” and the more»

Ryan J. Foley at The Associated Press reports American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley says his Union’s ongoing Staff downsizing will devastate the services it provides Members and threatens the Union’s survival. Kelley, who heads the Nation’s largest Union for Federal Workers, said an Executive more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on the “catastrophic” exodus of thousands of U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) Employees, which threatens “all of the core aspects of working life,” insiders have warned, amid fears the Trump Administration will further slash the agency’s operations. The USDOL has already lost about 20% of more»

Hugh Cameron at Newsweek reports a Union representing West Coast Dock Workers has decried President Donald Trump's tariffs as a "direct attack on the Working Class" and said the duties have already begun to damage critical sectors of the U.S. economy. There is growing dissent among the Trade Sectors likely to feel the impacts of Trump’s drastic more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Organized Labor and its allies turned out the troops en masse in 600 marches nationwide in what was the largest U.S. celebration of May Day, the International Workers’ Holiday, in years. The message was the need to resist and turn back the Trump Administration’s attacks on Workers, Immigrants and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The first 100 days of Trump’s second term have been chaotic. President Donald Trump, along with Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have engaged in a near-daily onslaught of actions to dismantle the Federal Government and eliminate services and benefits that Working Families rely upon. Some of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Trump Administration attacked the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on April 1st, cutting more than 90% of the agency’s workforce, including me. NIOSH is the backbone of Worker safety. It’s the small agency you’ve never heard of that has probably saved your life. The agency conducts more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Congressional Democrats have warned that cuts to the U.S.’s top Labor Watchdog - the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), threaten to render the organization “basically ineffectual” and will be “catastrophic” for Workers’ Rights. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency more»

Filip Timotija at The Hill reports a Federal Judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s Administration from nixing bargaining rights for thousands of Federal Workers through an Executive Order Trump signed last month. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled Trump’s order is unlawful, handing a short-term win to the National Treasury more»

Filip Timotija at The Hill reports The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest Union representing the Federal Workforce, is slashing more than half its Staff around the country, pinning the blame on President Donald Trump and his executive actions. AFGE is expected to lay off more than 200 Employees, going from 355 Workers down to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Workers are dying and being injured on the job and the Trump Administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are putting them at greater risk by enacting policies that will create deplorable working conditions, according to a new report released by the National AFL-CIO. Ahead of Workers Memorial Day, the National AFL-CIO more»

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 517M President Greg Merricle, an Environmental Quality Specialist for the State of Michigan, has penned an interesting Labor Perspective in The Detroit News, which reads in part: Union Workers across the United States are feeling the impact of the Trump Administration's Anti-Worker, Anti-Union agenda. Campaign more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports: To paraphrase Daniel Webster’s description of Dartmouth College, the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau “is a small agency, sir, and yet there are those who love it.” The Women’s Bureau has existed for more than a century and it promotes Working Women and their equality on more»

Union Press Associates reports in People’s World that a coalition of corporate chieftains and lobbies, including the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, wants to roll back Labor Law by putting unilateral power to revoke everything, including the existence of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in the hands of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Labor Movement and its allies have announced the formation of Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network, a new project to connect Federal Workers whose rights have been violated by the Trump Administration with free legal support. The Legal Defense Network will mobilize and train thousands of lawyers to provide pro bono legal more»

David DiMolfetta at Nextgov/FCW reports a user with a Russian IP address tried to log into National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Systems just minutes after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved to access and extract troves of sensitive data from inside the Agency, according to an extensive whistleblower disclosure. The more»

Brandon Chew at People’s World reports United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain says while his Union supports some use of the tariffs in the auto and other industries - he opposes most of the Trump agenda for its harmfulness to Workers. He said the pain caused by Anti-Worker policies over the years was at least, in part, channeled into support more»

Leah Feiger & Steven Levy at WIRED report Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), spent much of his first all-Staff meeting on last week promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the agency and praising Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again Initiative, sources tell more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports the Trump Administration has apparently ceased collecting Federal Workers’ Union Dues via voluntary payroll deduction at agencies targeted by a recent Executive Order seeking to strip Employees of their Collective Bargaining Rights without notice, leaving Labor Unions in financial upheaval. Last month, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Public Service Workers are under assault and need their Elected Representatives in Washington, D.C. to step up and protect them. That’s why the National AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Service Employees International Union more»

Dan La Botz at New Politics has penned an interesting and provocative Labor Perspective, one that is informative and may be hard for some Unions, their Leaders and their Members to read. In part, Botz writes: President Donald Trump has launched a vicious, multi-faceted attack on American Workers of all sorts and Workers are beginning to respond, but both more»