Robert Forrant - a Professor of U.S. History and Labor Studies at UMass Lowell, penned this interesting Labor Opinion Piece that recently appeared in The Conversation: When Union Workers and their families gathered this Labor Day, some may have pondered Ronald Reagan’s memorable refrain: “Are you better off now than you were four years more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: On this solemn anniversary, the Labor Movement honors the memory of all those killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, including the more than 600 Members of our Union Family whom we continue more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to champion U.S. Workers. Shortly before Labor Day - last year, he said: “Every policy of the Trump Administration is designed to lift up the American Worker and “promote great-paying Blue-Collar jobs.” But in the year since last Labor Day, Trump has taken many more»

In the United States, so-called Right-To-Work (for less) Laws are Anti-Union State policies promoted by Big Business interests to weaken Unions and limit Workers’ bargaining power. Despite the name, Right-To-Work (RTW) Laws do not provide any sort of job protection or right to a job. Rather, they deceptively named policy starves Unions of resources, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Ahead of Labor Day, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued a warning about Workers’ struggles with high costs and is detailing the Labor Movement’s plans for the 2026 November Mid-Term Elections. In her fourth annual State of the Unions address, Shuler emphasized the pain Working People are feeling, the lack of more»

Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) is calling on supporters to boycott the Coffee Chain until they settle a fair contract, an escalation in the Workers’ ongoing effort to secure their first contract. The open-ended campaign has been added to the National AFL-CIO’s official boycott list. Roughly 12,000 Baristas have joined the Union since 2021, but more»

Dolly Parton, the brilliant Songwriter and beloved Country Singer who has died at age 80, wrote one of the great anthems of the American Working Class. The title song from 9 to 5, the 1980 classic about battling gender inequity in the workplace that starred Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, spoke so much truth that it became a hit on the pop and country more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - TIME has named National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to the 2026 TIME100 AI, a list recognizing the 100 most influential people in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Shuler has led the Labor Movement’s response to ensure Workers have a voice in how AI’s development and implementation affect their livelihoods. Under her more»

Chase DiFeliciantonio at POLITICO reports Labor Leaders are up in arms over a proposal Lawmakers are mulling in the final days of the Legislature’s season that would allow automated agricultural equipment to operate alongside Workers in California. In a letter obtained by POLITICO that was sent to Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Union Leaders and Constitutional Scholars, including the three dissenting U.S. Supreme Court Justices, blasted the High Court majority’s go-ahead for President Donald Trump’s crusade to ban mail-in balloting this Fall. Though the six-Justice GOP-named majority said the Trump Administration admits it probably cannot more»

More than 800 Communications Workers of America (CWA) Members, Video Game Workers, Community Organizations and local Labor Allies recently held coordinated Save Our Devs rallies in the U.S. and Canada to call out layoffs and corporate greed across the industry and to demand fair first contracts across Microsoft’s Gaming Studios. The rallies were made more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement on the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) Shop Smart, Support Working Families Campaign: Around the country, millions of Working Families are preparing for another Back-to-School season. While kids say goodbye to Summer break, countless Educators, more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Members elected Patrick Moran as AFSCME International President at the Union’s just-held 47th International Convention in Chicago. Nicole Pollard was elected International Secretary-Treasurer. AFSCME represents more than 1.3 million Members across the more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - The power of Union partnership was on full display at the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Workers’ (AFSCME) Convention in Chicago this week as the Leaders of three of the largest Unions pledged to continue fighting together to protect Workers’ Rights, Public Services and Democracy itself. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - July was the hottest month on record in the U.S. with three heat domes - slow-moving, high-pressure systems that trap heat and humidity in place, afflicting large swaths of the country. The most recent of these contributed to an 18-day extreme heat warning in Phoenix, Arizona, the state’s second-longest stretch on record. Yet, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – NAFSA/Association of International Educators, the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM), the American Federation Of Teachers (AFT); Graduate Labor Organization (GLO)/AFT Local 6516, the United Auto Workers (UAW); UAW Local more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Rising workloads, staffing losses and limited resources - now coupled with recent benefits policy changes for Employees, are hindering the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) ability to deliver to the public, a Federal Union warns. During an on-line press briefing, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) made an more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has voted 51-to-47, along party lines, to confirm James Macy and reconfirm David Prouty to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The move hands MAGA a 3-1 majority and clears the way for the Capitalist Class to dismantle several key Pro-Worker rulings issued by the NLRB during the Biden more»

When Big Tech CEOs got a front row seat at Donald Trump’s inauguration, it sent a signal: The President was on the side of the bosses. More than a year and a half later, the National AFL-CIO’s annual Executive Paywatch Report shows this Administration’s policies are working out great for Trump’s billionaire buddies, making the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Following years of vocal advocacy by Bus and Transit Members of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Lawmakers have now introduced the bipartisan Bus Operator Safety and Security Act. This legislation would more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Given the terrible track record of President Donald Trump’s regime in enforcing Civil Rights Laws - except for alleged discrimination against White Men - an ongoing lawsuit by two Female Federal Workers, their Attorneys and their Union is no surprise: They charge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the leading more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Back in June, the Republican majority on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a 2027 Budget that slashes funding for Worker Protection Agencies. The Bill includes a combined $71.9 million cut for the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has joined Floyd v. Department of Justice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The NTEU joins as a plaintiff to defend Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Employees who administer Tax Laws fairly, impartially and free from political interference - and to protect more»

Leslie Bolden at The Tampa Free Press reports the Union representing Federal Airport Screeners have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), demanding the release of Government records about a program that would replace Public Officers with Private Security Contractors. The American Federation of Government Employees more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In a major confrontation over President Donald Trump regime’s schemes to censor and cow the Mainstream Media, two Locals of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians/Communications Workers of America (CWA), plus The NewsGuild/CWA, are challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) threat to more»

Margaret Poydock and Christina Ayon at People’s World report that in early June, the Republican majority on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved a 2027 budget that slashes funding for Worker Protection Agencies. The Bill includes a combined $71.9 million cut for the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) asks a bold question: What would the United States look like if we tripled Union Membership? The EPI found a range of economic and social benefits - such as higher wages, greater access to health insurance and a stronger democracy. This post examines another social good more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National Nurses United (NNU) has begun an intensive campaign to protect their patients and Worker safety on the job against the dangers and ravages of corporate greed. In letters to Both Congressional Committees dealing with Workers’ issues and in an on-line petition the Union wants viewers to send to Lawmakers, NNU warns more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) have issued the following statement after signing a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their historic industry-wide collaboration: IUPAT and LIUNA stand as two pillars of the North American Labor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From Portland, Oregon to Miami and from Chicago to Washinton, D.C., tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday (July 28th) in a Union-organized campaign to save the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by pressuring Congress to give it a temporary financial lifeline while keeping it out of the clutches of Wall Street and the billionaire class. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has announced it has moved to dismiss the charges against Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) President David Huerta, who was arrested while protesting the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown in California. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement with there now being 100 days before the Mid-Term Elections: Every single part of our lives is political. Even simple things - like the quality of the air our kids breathe, how many potholes we hit on our way to work and how long it takes to get to the more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - The NAACP, the Nation’s oldest Civil Rights Organization, and the Union Movement plan closer cooperation in the fight to defeat MAGA and the Trump Administration, which both call an enormous threat to Workers and People Of Color. NAACP Executive Director Derrick Johnson and Board Chair Leon Russell announced that closer more»

Megan Cerullo at CBS News reports that even as many Workers are fearful Artificial Intelligence (AI) could endanger their jobs, there's a potentially bigger employment crisis on the horizon: A severe labor shortage that is set to emerge over the next 10 to 15 years, according to a leading demographer. Demand for young Workers is going to "explode" during more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Sounding the alarm over threats to Democracy, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is urging her Union’s 1.88 million Members to hit the streets between now and Election Day to defend it. Specifically, in her keynote address on July 16th to the Union’s Convention, she wants 25,000 Teachers and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nationally-televised address on elections: President Trump pushed years-old, thoroughly debunked, alarmingly dangerous conspiracy theories in an effort to undermine our elections and deny Americans their fundamental freedoms. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Union Membership in the U.S. ticked up in 2025, breaking a decades-long trend of declining Unionization, but today’s Unionization Rate doesn’t reflect the tens of millions of Workers who want a Union - but can’t get one. This Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report examines what we stand to gain if we triple current more»

(SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND) - National Nurses United (NNU), the largest Union of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the United States, is condemning the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Houston. NNU maintains that the only way forward on this issue of fascist authoritarian violence is the abolition of ICE. “ICE more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports President Donald Trump has blamed everything - from “national security” issues, the deaths of birds and whales, and cancer - in his decades-long campaign against wind farms. But as the Trump Administration continues to undermine the industry, what worries Workers most are their jobs. Since taking office more»

Jay Wiley at Nurse.org reports that if it feels like Nurses are walking out more often than they used to, you are not imagining it. The numbers prove it and the pace is picking up. Nurse.org tracked 107 confirmed Registered Nurse (RN) walkouts from 2017 through 2026. In the three years before the Coronavirus Pandemic, the U.S. saw about four Nurse Strikes a 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.) – 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»

(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»

(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»

(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»

(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»

(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»

(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 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»

(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»