Sarah Jackson at CNBC reports nearly two-thirds of Workers have at some point avoided using Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of moral, environmental, privacy, accuracy or other concerns, according to CNBC and SurveyMonkey Quarterly AI and Jobs Survey. The survey polled 3,597 students and Workers across the U.S. Of the respondents, 3,365 said they were more»

The National AFL-CIO has released new polling showing more than 90% of Working People favor job and privacy protections from Artificial Intelligence (AI) - and overwhelmingly trust Unions, over either political party, to deliver them. The research - conducted in collaboration with David Binder Research, focus groups and surveys from Data for Progress, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is calling on FIFA leadership to keep Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration Agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), out of World Cup host cities. Shuler also pushed back on the Trump Administration’s use of the FBI background check database during the more»

(HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND) - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has officially launched its Workers vs. Billionaires Campaign with a high-energy kickoff rally led by International President Brian Bryant at the William Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland. The launch date coincided with the more»

Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik at People’s World report President Donald Trump is moving the business of preserving national forests from Washington, D.C. to Utah with the expectation is that those who would privatize public lands will be better able to rake in profits from the privatization. And - how dare Working People think that public forests and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Voting Rights Act: The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act and an outright attack on the fundamental freedoms of Working People. The decision strips Black and Latino voters in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Forty organizations - including several major Labor Organizations, led by the Economic Policy Institute, have delivered a letter to Congress that urges Federal Lawmakers to center Workers in Federal Artificial Intelligence (AI) legislation. A number of Labor Organizations signed the letter, including: The National AFL-CIO; The AFL-CIO more»

Chris Williams at Fox 5/New York reports that in Washington, D.C. a coalition of more than 100 Organized Labor, Civil Rights and Advocacy Groups is backing new Federal legislation to raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour. Democratic Lawmakers have introduced a Bill aimed at boosting pay nationwide and eliminating sub-minimum wages. U.S. Representative Delia more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Captain Jason Ambrosi, he President of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), has issued the following statement after Spirit Airlines ceased operations: The news that Spirit Airlines has ceased operations is a devastating blow to more than 2,000 ALPA Pilots and thousands of other hard-working Employees who dedicated their careers to more»

Rory Doherty at The Guardian reports: “We better start pulling together - or, by God, they’re going to bury us,” says a Meat Packer during a Union meeting in Barbara Kopple’s 1990 documentary American Dream. It’s a desperate plea for survival. “They” are the Hormel Foods Corporation, who took advantage of Union more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement to commemorate May Day 2026: While the struggle of the 19th-century Working Class may feel like ancient history in our Digital Age, the economic conditions that led to the creation of May Day aren’t so far off from our current fight. Workers at the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond issued the following statement: The Supreme Court executed a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act and an outright attack on the fundamental freedoms of Working People. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Richie Johnsen, who serves as Air Transport General Vice President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), North America’s largest Airline Union, has issued the following statement regarding potential Federal relief for Spirit Airlines: Spirit Airlines Workers, including IAM Ramp Service more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National AFL-CIO has released its 35th annual Death on the Job-The Toll of Neglect report, which alarmingly finds workplace hazards kill approximately 140,000 Workers each year in the United States - more than 380 Workers each day. Findings in the 2026 report include: 5,070 Workers died from traumatic injury on the job in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A Worker dies from corporate negligence every 104 minutes: The suppliers of auto parts for Hyundai and Kia cars; The Subway Restaurant Chain; The Nation’s largest Homebuilder, which let Donald Trump’s vicious and violent ICE Agents raid its job sites; and a Snack Food Company that puts Migrants’ children into hazardous more»

David Edwards at RawStory reports that during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday (April 23rd), U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan scolded Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick after the Trump Administration Official appeared to laugh at job losses in his District. Mrvan observed Lutnick had been supportive of Union jobs outside of government. The more»

Joe Sommerlad at The Independent reports President Donald Trump is receiving backlash over his suggestion a European Metals Company has donated foreign steel for the construction of his White House ballroom. According to The New York Times, the Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal has donated materials to help with the $400 million project, which would appear to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s resignation as U.S. Secretary of Labor: When we’re in a crisis of costs going up, job insecurity due to AI (Artificial Intelligence) and technology, and uncertainty across the economy, we need a Labor Secretary more»

President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House and Senate have slashed Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and gutted Health Care Programs like Medicaid, all to fund billionaire tax breaks and ICE terror. This has left more than 400 Hospitals at risk of service cuts or closure, threatening vulnerable patients and communities. But Nurses, patients and more»

The type of misclassification addressed in this report occurs when an employer wrongly classifies an Employee as an Independent Contractor. The problem of Workers being misclassified as Independent Contractors is pervasive and widespread. An analysis from the National Employment Law Project focusing on State-level reports on misclassification estimated more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed leaders to terminate most of the Department’s Collective Bargaining Agreements, more than a year after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order banning Federal Employee Unions from many agencies on national security grounds. Spared are Unions like the more»

The Associated Press reports the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, stepping into a politically charged debate as skepticism about mail-in ballots has been raised by President Donald Trump and others. The 30-second message features a variety of voters, among them a Farmer and a Flight more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to a new directive from the Trump Administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) through its National Emphasis Program that leaves Workers vulnerable to heat: This new policy limits OSHA’s ability to hold bosses more»

Here’s a huge win for libraries, museums and the communities they serve nationwide. Members of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have succeeded in protecting funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). That’s a Federal Agency the Trump Administration tried to dismantle over a more»

This May Day, International Workers’ Day, we are calling every Worker, organized and unorganized, employed and unemployed, to hit the streets! On May 1st, Workers, Students, Immigrants and Families in more than1,000 Cities nationwide will join May Day actions. They will march, rally, and refuse business as usual to demand one thing: Workers Over more»

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended contributions to its Employee Pension Plans in an effort to "conserve cash" due to an "ongoing, severe financial crisis." "There will not be any immediate detrimental impact to our current or future Retirees if normal FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) cost payments are temporarily withheld," more»

The NewsGuild-CWA (TNG-CWA) has joined a growing coalition suing to appeal the largest broadcast merger in the history of the United States. The Coalition also includes the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the National Association of Broadcast Employees (NABET)-CWA, The Free Press, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry Incorporated, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is restoring Collective Bargaining Agreements with six of its Unions - including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 300,000 VA Employees - after a Federal Judge said the Department was defying her order to do so. The contracts will temporarily remain in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The White House is proposing to cut more than 9,400 Workers and ​just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-Employee Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that handles airport security operations, according to budget documents, Reuters’ David Shepardson reports. The details are part of a budget ‌document for the more»

Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik at People’s World reports pundits are saying President Donald Trump is likely to lose his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over his Executive Order taking away the right of automatic Birthright Citizenship that is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. But the Department of Justice is pursuing the case anyway, more»

Leslie Josephs at CNBC reports United Airlines and its Flight Attendants’ Union have reached a tentative contract agreement that will include their first raises in roughly six years. If ratified by Flight Attendants, it would make United the last of the major Carriers to secure a contract with Cabin Crew Members since the COVID-19 Pandemic ended. more»

On Thursday (March 26th), the National AFL-CIO and the AFL-CIO Tech Institute brought together Workers, Lawmakers and Policy Experts for the Workers First AI Summit. This landmark gathering comes after the National AFL-CIO released a first-of-its-kind set of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Principles last year. The Summit was dedicated to discussing how to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports sponsors of No Kings Day 3.0 that was held on Saturday (March 28th) had urged all to increase their activism and recruit even more people for what they hope will be the largest demonstration in U.S. History. Their objective with the protest, again, was to show the leader of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — In response to President Trump’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents to Airports to help with long security lines caused by Congress’ refusal to pass a measure that would pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Employees, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) President more»

People’s World Editor’s Note: On March 18th (2026), The New York Times published an extensive article - the result of years of investigative journalism, detailing accusations of sexual abuse by the famed and the late United Farm Workers (UFW) Leader Cesar Chavez. In the course of The Times Reporters’ interviews, Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement: For the past couple of years, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded - in our workplaces and our everyday lives. Economists, Politicians, Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists, Higher Education Leaders and Public Health Experts alike all have more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier this month, the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued new guidance regarding Registered Apprenticeship Programs. In response, SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation) General President Michael Coleman released the following statement: “I’ve said since January 2025 that more»

Latino Leaders, Labor Leaders and Elected Officials are voicing shock over “deeply troubling” sexual misconduct allegations against the late Cesar Chavez, one of the Latino Community’s most prominent Civil Rights Icons, as planned annual celebrations of the late Labor Leader have now been canceled and his legacy as a Labor Movement Hero is more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler has released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) February Jobs Report: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released the February jobs report. It provided more proof of exactly what Working People have been saying for more than a year: more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees National Veterans Affairs Council (AFGE/NVAC), the largest Union representing more than 320,000 Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is celebrating Judge Melissa DuBose’s decision granting the Union’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Judge DuBose ordered the more»

Two top Federal Worker Unions - the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), are vowing to fight on for their Collective Bargaining Agreements and rights despite a pro-Trump Federal Appeals Court ruling tossing most of those contracts out. But AFGE, led by President Everett Kelley, and NTEU, headed more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement: There are only a few things that mostly everyone can agree on these days - one of them is an overall pessimism about the current set of Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. According to Pew Research Center, only 17% of Americans now say they trust the Federal more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports as bombs continue to fall and the death toll continues to mount from the U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran, a growing number of Labor Unions are demanding an immediate end to the unconstitutional and “reckless aggression,” pointing out the Working Class will bear the heaviest price for a war more»

A Federal Appeals Court has cleared the way for the Trump Administration to cancel Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) across a broad segment of the Federal Government Workforce. A three-Judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco lifted an injunction that blocked implementation of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order more»

The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) is a small, independent Agency whose mission is to support businesses and Workers in resolving workplace disputes and building positive Labor-Management relationships. The FMCS has no authority to adjudicate disputes or issue regulations. Outside of the Health Care Industry, it cannot require any more»

Construction has long been a male-dominated field. According to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, only 11.7% of payroll Employees in the Construction Industry are Women. However, a shift is underway. In recent years, the Department of Labor’s Women in Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Occupations (WANTO) Grant Program has more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Fatiuma Hussein at the Associated Press reports the U.S. Treasury Department has terminated its Collective Bargaining Agreement with Unionized Workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an escalation of President Donald Trump ’s push to exert more control over the Federal Workforce. The Union contract for the more»

Erich Wagner at the Government Executive reports a Federal Appeals Court on Thursday (February 26th) declined to enforce a temporary decision blocking the Trump Administration from stripping two-thirds of the Federal Workforce of their Collective Bargaining Rights, dimming though not extinguishing the American Federation of Government Employees’ more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In response to newly-released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing 5,070 Workers died on the job in 2024 - a decrease from the previous year, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement: The Labor Movement mourns each of the 5,070 Workers who lost their lives on the job in 2024. Every more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on President Trump’s State of the Union address: President Trump's speech was a fever dream, completely divorced from the economic reality Working People feel every day amid rising costs and vanishing jobs. We know Trump’s billionaire-first agenda more»