Alex Harring at CNBC reports Labor Unions spent millions of dollars and mobilized thousands of Members to get out the vote for Democrats in the Mid-Term Election. The CNBC Voter Poll showed a 22-point Democratic margin among Union Households in 2026, reversing a recent decline. Now, Labor Leaders say they expect newly-elected Democrats to act on more»

(CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS) – Thousands of Student Workers employed by Harvard University are in the second week of a Strike after University Administrators refused to negotiate and bargain a fair contract, causing a massive disruption to teaching and research at Harvard. More than 4,000 Student Workers employed by Harvard University are represented more»

Derek Gibbs at Pirates & Princesses reports the people who keep Walt Disney World’s rides running are getting ready to conduct a Strike vote. The Craft Maintenance Council, which consists of eight Unions that represent Disney World’s Ride Mechanics and Trades, will vote on November 19th to authorize a Strike after Members rejected more»

Ricky Podgorski and Kendra Broddus at WMUR Manchester (New Hampshire) report Truck Drivers and Warehouse Workers for Associated Grocers Northeast are on Strike with one Union Representative saying they're prepared to stay on Strike for as long as it takes. A Teamsters Representative said the biggest reason for the Strike is that the company pulled out of a more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – U.S.-based Journalists and Media Workers employed at Le Monde, the largest National Newspaper in France, took part in a one-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike this weekend. The work stoppage follows an initial one-day Strike on September 7th. Every Worker voted in favor of striking again, following many months of more»

Philip Conneller at Casino.org reports a two-month Strike that disrupted operations at Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor Casino - and coincided with a sharp decline in gaming revenue - ended Thursday (November 5th) after 1,300 Workers ratified a new contract. Employees represented by UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25 walked out on September more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Union Voters mobilized in historic numbers to secure sweeping landmark victories up and down the ballot across the U.S., including a record number of Union Member candidates elected to office. The organizing was driven by the National AFL-CIO’s largest-ever Mid-Term mobilization, with a singular focus on the pocketbook issues more»

Jim Talamonti at The Center Square reports Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Leaders will keep pushing for more State funding for public education after School Board elections in Chicago - and CTU Members say they will Strike if they need to. With a few precincts still not reported, CTU-backed candidates won at least nine of 21 Chicago Board of Education seats - more»

John Donegan at The Long Beach Post reports the busiest year on record so far for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could run aground if bargaining between a small Security Workers Union and Shipping Companies isn’t resolved. International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) Local 26, which represents about 250 Watchmen who provide more»

(JOLIET, ILLINOIS) – After eight weeks on Strike, Illinois IKEA Workers represented by Teamsters Local 179 have overwhelmingly ratified a strong and first contract that covers 190 Workers, delivers a 12% wage increase, enhanced grievance procedures and improved working conditions. The Workers who are employed at IKEA’s Distribution Center in more»

Dolores Huerta, a major Civil Rights Leader who with Cesar Chávez helped lead the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the labor movement in California, has died at the age of 96. UFW President Teresa Romero released the following statement: The United Farm Workers Union mourns the passing and celebrates the life of UFW Co-Founder Dolores Huerta. A more»

(TUCSON, ARIZONA) - IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) Local 933 Members have ratified a new five-year contract with Raytheon in Tucson that secures significant wage increases, stronger benefits and expanded opportunities for career advancement. The agreement covers more than 2,200 Hourly Workers who manufacture more»

Nick Harris at The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Dallas Cowboys and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association (DCCA) have announced the long-time supporting group of the team and the stars of the Netflix show America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are Unionizing: “After meaningful discussion between the Cowboys organization more»

State Employees across California took part in a one-day Strike on Wednesday (October 21st) to protest the (Governor Gavin) Newsom Administration’s “Unfair Labor Practices, including failure to bargain in good faith over fair pay, affordable health care and telework that works for the people who keep California running,” according to a more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - Chicago’s Hotel Strike is expanding, with Union-represented Workers employed at the Hilton Chicago and Hyatt Regency Chicago joining an ongoing Labor dispute over wages, health care, pensions and working conditions. The latest walkouts add to Strikes that began earlier this month at six other Downtown Hotels. The broader contract more»

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 100+ confirmed Registered Nurse (RN) walkouts from 2017 through 2026. In 2017, our database records five confirmed Nurse Strikes. In 2025, there were 21. By mid-October 2026, the year was on pace more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Incumbent United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain has declared victory in the Union’s second-ever one-member, one-vote for top leadership jobs, with unofficial tallies showing he won 68% of the vote. His United UAW slate also won every race it contested, garnering enough votes each to secure spots for Secretary-Treasurer, more»

Corey Schmidt at The Sacramento Bee reports thousands of California State Workers are preparing for a planned one-day Strike. Now State Officials are trying to halt the walkout before it begins. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 called the Strike after 96.2% of voting Members approved the action, capping months of escalating tension. more»

Workers represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 29 who work at the Duquesne Light Company (DLC) have voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the Pittsburgh area Utility, ending an 11-day Strike over salary, pension, staffing and other issues. Nearly 1,000 Local 29 Members returned to work Monday (October 12th) for more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - “In years to come, we’ll be able to point to this failure to put consumers over the monied interests of corporate consolidation as the tipping-point moment for media in this country.” Those were the stark words from the Block the Merger Coalition after Judge Martínez-Olguín removed the last more»

Dave DeNatale and Tyler Carey at WKYC3 reports Union Caregivers employed at the Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital have announced they’ve ratified a new contract and are "preparing to return to the work they care deeply about" after a Strike that lasted just over two weeks. According to a press release from the Service Employees International Union more»

(MIAMI, FLORIDA) - Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ Members who work for Alliance Ground International (AGI) at the Miami International Airport (MIA) have filed wage theft complaints against the Ground Handling Company. The Cargo Workers announced their complaints while joining fellow Airport Workers to demand living wages. MIA is one more»

(ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) - Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at Kaiser Permanente Hospitals across the State California are celebrating a historic victory against wage theft committed by their employer. The California Nurses Association (CNA), which represents more than 25,000 Nurses who work at 22 Kaiser Facilities, have successfully won an more»

Marcie Cipriani at WTAE-TV reports from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania that nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light Workers - including Linemen, are on Strike, demanding fair wages and better safety protocols as negotiations with the Utility Company continue. Duquesne Light says their Non-Union Crews have been filling shifts during the Strike. Michael Goodwin, whose more»

(SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a Bill into law that will create tax credits to support Journalism jobs in the State. Newsom supported the Community NEWS Act after local and international outreach from the Guild and a Coalition led by Rebuild Local News. Local Guild Leaders pressed Newsom to sign the legislation. more»

(SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) - Two United Steelworkers (SW) Locals and the BlueGreen Alliance scored a win in California when the State’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board rejected Oil Refiners’ looser safety plans. The Board’s unanimous vote overturned an agreement between the Refiners’ lobby, the Western States Petroleum more»

(ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO) - Green Data Center Real Estate Incorporated, a developer of Autotrophic Data Centers that generate their own renewable power and produce their own water, and the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council - the Statewide Alliance of 14 of New Mexico’s Building and Construction Trades Unions, has announced a more»

Eight hundred Canadian Workers employed at a Walmart Distribution Center in Mississauga, Ontario have succeeded where others have not: They are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest Logistics Giant. The landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement went into effect on July 1st, nearly two years after Workers won Union more»

Rebecca Davis O’Brien at The New York Times reports Tim Suitter knows change is coming to Bath Iron Works, creeping up the adjacent Kennebec River in Maine like a foreboding fog. Suitter, the President of the Union that represents more than 4,400 Workers who build ships for the U.S. Navy at the shipyard, knows Workers must be prepared for the arrival more»

UNITE HERE Local 1 says Hotel Workers in Downtown Chicago properties could go on Strike any day now. Contracts at 46 Hotels, which cover some 7,000 Workers, expired on August 31st, according to The Chicago Tribune. Earlier this week, the Hotel Workers voted to Strike by an 85% margin and an “overwhelming majority” of the 46 Hotels were more»

(HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA) - The strength and dogged advocacy of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Retirees was recently showcased during an event with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who signed an (AFSCME)-endorsed Bill giving 60,000 Retirees across the Commonwealth a double-digit Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Faced with rising costs and struggling to make ends meet, nearly 70,000 Caregivers in New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) - most of whom care for relatives, have filed for a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking representation with 1199 Service Employees International more»

Young Men - especially Working-Class young Men - worry about reaching financial stability and being able to afford major life goals such as getting married, having kids or owning a home, but Union Membership makes all of these achievements more likely, according to new analysis from the Center for American Progress. Data shows for Men under age 35 without more»

(BALTIMORE, MARYLAND) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ordered both the Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) and the Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG), Saltchuk Resources subsidiaries, to immediately recognize the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) and bargain in good faith with more than 125 Licensed Deck Officers. more»

(GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN) – Unionized Nurses employed at Henry Ford Health in Michigan - one of the State’s largest Health Care Systems - have been on Strike for more than a year, but their spirit remains solid both on the picket line and at the bargaining table. Represented by Teamsters Local 332, they met with management for a negotiation more»

(LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY) – GE Appliances and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA) have jointly announced a major transformation of Appliance Park with a $1 billion investment by the company to expand high-output production of laundry products and reinforce more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) - Members of American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 6 have gone out on Strike right as the San Francisco Opera was set to begin its 2026-2027 season, escalating their fight for a fair contract. These World-Class Musicians have been working under an expired agreement since the end of July. Before the Strike, Members firmly more»

(TRENTON, NEW JERSEY) - More than 2,500 miles from Silicon Valley, New Jersey Workers are claiming a seat at the table in one of the biggest debates shaping America’s future: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the way people work - and who will have a say in shaping that change. Rather than waiting for Technology Companies and employers to more»

Google DeepMind (GDM) Employees are using collective bargaining as a means of “establishing morals” at the Company in response to its “material support for Israel’s genocide” in Gaza - but now face “classic Union Busting” tactics from management. In May (2026), DeepMind Employees launched a Unionization bid to end more»

(TOLEDO, OHIO) - The Toledo Blade ended their Employees’ Labor Day Weekend with an e-mail announcing management would close the newspaper on December 31st if it is not sold by then. Prior to the announcement, the company asked Union Employees to vote for a contract proposal that would have cut their severance in half, in addition to greenlighting more»

LaborLab, a Workers’ Rights Watchdog, is launching new tools to give Workers a clearer picture of what they’re up against when they organize and shine a brighter light on the $1.7 Billion Union-Avoidance Industry in the United States. Many U.S. employers hire Anti-Union consultants and law firms to discourage Workers from organizing and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - New Gallup polling finds 71% of people in the U.S. approve of Unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of Workers represented by a Union in 16 years. The Gallup polling showed Unions are favorable across generations and party lines with 77% of adults ages 18-to-34, more»

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has placed the United States on its "Watchlist" of countries with a measurable increase in Workers' Rights violations, marking the first time the country has appeared on the list since the index began in 2014, the Global Union Body announced in its 2026 Global Rights Index. The 13th edition of the index more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports House Republicans are investigating several Unions based on claims from Far-Right non-profits alleging Union Dues are being used for illegal political funding. Republicans on the House’s Education and Workforce Committee opened the investigation this Summer after multiple reports from the Conservative Think more»

Sean Reed at The Center Square reports Social Media Giant Meta has agreed to a deal with 47 States to settle a joint lawsuit, with Illinois set to receive up to $768 million. As the funds were announced, some in Illinois began calling for it to be used as additional education funding for a budget-strapped Chicago Public Schools. A bipartisan coalition of more»

Registered Nurses, patients and community allies mobilized in eight cities across the country last week to demand Hospitals and Elected Officials cut ties with the Big Tech Firm Palantir. The nationwide demonstrations, organized by National Nurses United (NNU), represent the Union’s largest coordinated action against the company to date. Protests took more»

Tyler Carey at WKYC3 reports that after months of negotiations and a looming Strike that was called off at literally the last possible minute, Union-represented Workers and Trustees at the Cleveland Public Library have officially ratified a new contract that includes salary increases, Paid Parental Leave and health care coverage protections. Service more»

Asher Klein and Thea DiGiammerino at NBC Boston reports the Unionized Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra have ratified a new contract and avoided a Strike, which would have been the first in the 125-year history of the Orchestra. The Boston Musicians’ Association contract was originally set to run out Monday. Union Members had authorized a more»

Jim Nelson at KING 5 News reports Union Workers employed at one of Seattle's busiest Hotels are doubling down on their fight for better pay, year-round health care and protections from Federal Immigration Agents as their Strike now reaches two months. More than 100 Members of UNITE HERE Local 8 went on Strike just before Seattle hosted six World Cup matches more»

(HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA) - Well-known California Union-Buster Raul Calvo called Workers at the Rodney Strong Vineyards into a meeting. Salvador Ramirez, who’d labored among big wine tanks for 12 years, says he was shocked by what he heard. “He said he was just going to give us the information that he got in an e-mail three days ago, that ICE more»