Robert Iafolla at Bloomberg Law reports Union deals in the Entertainment and Professional Sports Industries are set to expire in 2026, setting the stage for attention-grabbing contract disputes that could have ripple effects across Organized Labor. Labor pacts that the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) - After years of wasting millions of dollars losing Court battles in attempts to deny their Workers’ basic rights, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has announced it will be shutting down the 240-year-old newspaper in May. A few hours before, the U.S. Supreme Court slapped down the company’s attempt to evade a Court order more»

The Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA) has announced its ECHL (East Coast Hockey League) Membership has ratified a new, five-year contract with the ECHL. The new agreement will run through the 2029-30 season. “This agreement reflects the unity, resolve, professionalism and discipline of our Members throughout this process,” more»

After bravely holding the line for four months, International Association of Machinists (IAM) Union Local 1297 Members who work at Libbey Glass in Toledo, Ohio, have finally secured a fair contract. Two Bargaining Units at Libbey Glass - the other represented by United Steelworkers (USW), walked off the job in August over inadequate wages, mandatory more»

Rebecca Holland at moneywise reports thousands of dedicated Unionized Air Traffic Controllers, technicians and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officers are crying foul after discovering they don’t qualify for the Federal Government’s promised $10,000 bonuses for workers who consistently reported for duty during the Government more»

Members of the Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Union - part of United Mountain Workers (UMW)/Communications Workers of America (CWA ) Local 7781, have been on Strike since December 27th (2025) to secure a contract with fair wages and safety standards to attract and retain essential Staff. Patrollers at Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado perform vital and more»

Michael Arria at Truthout reports President Donald Trump launched a war against Workers as soon as he reclaimed power in January 2025. Now, nearly a year into his second Administration, it’s possible to take stock of the year’s notable victories for Organized Labor and the challenges looming in 2026. While the climate for Workers has undeniably more»

Z Network Editor’s Note: Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and the Author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press). His following Labor Perspective, in part, was published in the On-Line Publication, The Z Network: Although Donald Trump’s Department of Labor more»

Z Network Editor’s Note: Dr. Lawrence Wittner is Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and the Author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press). His following Labor Perspective, in part, was published in the On-Line Publication, The Z Network: Although Donald Trump’s Department of Labor more»

Daniella Genovese at FOXBusiness reports the Nation’s Skilled Trades Workforce, which is critical to keeping the country's infrastructure and economy running, is rapidly declining. While many companies are working to address the shortage, General Motors (GM) has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build its own pipeline of future Workers. Over more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on Working People,” according to the head of the largest Federation of the Labor Unions in the U.S. Now they’re preparing to fight back. National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said her Labor Federation is gearing up to challenge the more»

Timothy Noah at The New Republic reports something unusual happened that didn’t attract sufficient attention. It concerned the latest in what’s been a heartening recent series of House Republican rebellions against President Donald Trump. Congressional Republicans have bucked Trump lately by voting to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and more»

Chauncey Robinson at People’s World reports from Los Angeles that a warm cup of coffee can ease an early morning on film and TV sets, but Cultural Workers are rebuking Starbucks as they show solidarity with striking Union Baristas. Hollywood Actors added their voices to the thousands supporting the nationwide Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike by more»

Alexander Clark at The Daily Overview reports Amtrak is redirecting a significant slice of its executive bonus pool to the people who keep its trains running, handing out $900 holiday payments to Union Workers after managers agreed to give up half of their own awards. The move delivers a rare year-end windfall to tens of thousands of Front-Line Employees more»

Keith Brower Brown and Natascha Elena Uhlmann at Labor Notes report on the many and big contract fights that are lining up for Unions and their Members in 2026: The coming year could keep the Strikes rolling through steel mills, State offices, telephone lines, axle plants, baseball diamonds and hospitals from coast to coast, as well as in manufacturing, more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports that if the comments by members of the Supreme U.S. Court’s Right-Wing Majority supporting the idea of a “unitary executive” were not enough to convince people that they were out to kill Workers’ Rights, their decision not to hear a lawsuit by the Office and Professional Employees more»

Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 234, which represents Employees at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), has reached a tentative deal on a new contract. The agreement avoids a planned Strike. Local 234, which represents about 5,000 SEPTA Employees, had been working without a contract since November 7th, 2025, when its last more»

Utah Lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in a special session to strike a controversial new law barring Public Employees from collective bargaining. The move came less than a year after Republican Legislators narrowly voted to pass it, several months after Labor Unions broke signature-gathering records as they mounted a referendum effort to repeal the law more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Lansing, Michigan that in contempt for both Democracy and the Working Class, Republican Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall has appealed to the State’s Supreme Court after lower courts unanimously ruled his blatant obstruction of Pro-Worker Legislation unconstitutional. According to the Michigan more»

Chauncey K. Robinson at People’s World reports from Buena Park, California that usually LEGO is associated with physically building things up, but in this case, workers are accusing the company of tearing down their chances of getting Union Representation. Employees at the Downtown Disney LEGO store claim the company is using illegal Union-Busting more»

Following threats made by President Donald Trump against Minnesota’s Somali Immigrants, Unions and local allies held a demonstration at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last week to rally around their targeted community members and call out the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) and some airlines for cooperating with U.S. Immigration more»

Aurelia Glass at American Progress reports Unions are popular across ages and demographic groups in America, but Gen Z Men stand out for their high levels of support. According to Center for American Progress analysis of polling data from 2024, Gen Z Men have the highest approval for Unions among any generation or gender group - higher support for Unions more»

Peter Fousek and Cameron Harrison at People’s World report the struggle over who controls the roof over a Worker’s head erupted into open confrontation on the steps of New Haven, Connecticut’s City Hall, as a newly formed Public Tenants Union at Sunset Ridge Apartments faced down a landlord-backed “counter-demonstration.” The more»

Across the United States, a quiet but serious problem is unfolding for Blue Collar Workers. While many people are focused on how Artificial Intelligence might replace office jobs, the Workers who build, repair, transport and manufacture the country’s goods are facing growing difficulties right now. Even with repeated promises to revive key industries, more»

Fred Lambert at Electrek reports the Boring Company, Elon Musk’s Tunneling Startup, is reportedly facing significant issues with its new project in Nashville, Tennessee. A key subcontractor has walked off the job, alleging the company failed to pay for work completed on the Music City Loop, claiming they received only 5% of what they are owed. Shane more»

Food Service Workers, Members of UNITE HERE Local 17, at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have ratified a new contract that averted a potential Strike during the busy Thanksgiving travel week. “It is an historic agreement that includes the HIGHEST wage increases ever won at the Airport,” the Union said in a statement. HMSHost operates more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) - the largest Airline Union in North America, representing Airline Workers at every major U.S. Airline, has announced it will file an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB), the Federal Agency that conducts Union Elections in the Airline and Railroad more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Shepherdsville, Kentucky that another crack in the Amazon Empire has been exposed. This time, in a breakthrough for Workers around the world trying to organize the notoriously Anti-Union monopoly, Amazon CDL Drivers at the SDF9 Warehouse here have become the first company Tractor-Trailer Drivers more»

Pat Maio at The Orange County Register reports Members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) have ratified a four-year agreement for nearly 24,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at the University of California (UC), which features an 18.5% minimum increase in wages over the life of the four-year contract across the University’s 19 Medical more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Glendale, Kentucky: In the battle between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the forces of Corporate Greed and Union-Busting, BlueOval SK (BOSK) has been forced to withdraw all its objections to the Union Election held this past August. This capitulation by the Trans-National Joint Venture removes the more»

Greta Cross at USA TODAY reports thousands of Unionized Starbucks Workers remain on Strike across the country as the Coffee Chain debuted a new holiday beverage earlier this week. Strikers are on day seven (on Thursday, November 20th) of their nationwide Red Cup Rebellion. Starbucks Workers United, which represents Employees at about 550 of the chain's more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is commending those House Members who have added their names to a discharge petition that will now force a vote on legislation to restore the Collective Bargaining Rights of hundreds of thousands of Federal Workers targeted by Republican President Donald Trump. Shuler said: “The Labor more»

Dana Thiede & Raya Quttaineh at KARE-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota report Union Leaders representing more than 200 Food Workers at MSP International Airport said they will Strike during one of the busiest travel periods of the year unless the company they work for steps up. HMSHost operates multiple well-known brands at MSP, like Shake Shack and more»

Madeleine Wright at CBS Philadelphia reports the Union representing thousands of SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) Workers have voted to authorize a Strike, raising the possibility of more transit disruptions across the Philadelphia region. The vote gives Union Leadership the power to call a walkout if contract negotiations with more»

3,200 IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) District 837 Members in the St. Louis area have voted to ratify a new contract with Boeing, ending a Strike that began on August 4th (2025). The Workers will begin returning to work today (Sunday, November 16th). The Union said: “IAM Members stood strong and united for over more»

The 21,000 Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA (UPTE-CWA) and the University of California (UC) have reached a contract agreement and averted a Strike planned for next week that was to be joined by more than 60,000 supporters from two additional UC Unions - American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees more»

Drew Hawkins at WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio reports Unionized Nurses employed at the University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans are on Strike. National Nurses United (NNU), which represents UMC Nurses, has been negotiating new Staff contracts with hospital administrators since March 2024. This is the fifth Strike in just over a year. Nurses are more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today (Monday, November 10th) ordered The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to repeal more than five years of Worker Rights violations and to compensate the Workers who were impacted by those violations. The order, which enforces a September 2024 ruling from the National Labor Relations Board more»

Pat Maio at The Los Angeles Daily News reports in what would be considered the largest Strike in the University of California’s (UC) history, more than 86,000 Union-represented Nurses and Health Care Professionals within its Medical System has announced plans to authorize a two-day Strike (November 17th and 18th). The contract expiration (October more»

Suhauna Hussain at The Los Angeles Times reports Unionized Starbucks Baristas have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leaders to call a Strike as soon as next week if the Coffee Giant doesn't make new proposals or they don't see real progress in contract talks. The authorization was approved by 92% of those who voted, Starbucks Workers United said. more»

Alyssa Chen at The Minnesota Reformer reports Doctors, Physicians’ Assistants and Nurse Practitioners employed at Allina Health Care Clinics across the Twin Cities Metro Area held a one-day strike on Wednesday (November 5th) to pressure the multi-state Health System into bargaining a fair contract and addressing safe staffing. Allina Doctors more»

The International Association of Machinists’ (IAM) Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, Maryland recently welcomed its largest-ever Women’s Leadership Class in IAM History. It was the final Women’s Leadership Class to take place under current IAM Women’s & Young Worker’s Director Julie Frietchen before she moves into her new more»

Labor Notes Editor’s Note: Originally published on the Labor Politics Substack, this article is part of a Labor Notes Roundtable Series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Labor Notes will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the rest of the series. American Democracy more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Unionized Starbucks Workers across the U.S. are casting their votes on whether to hold a Strike amid anger over pay and conditions at the World’s Largest Coffee Chain, and allegations it breached Labor Laws by engaging in bad faith bargaining. Starbucks has faced a rapid wave of mobilization since 2021. more»

(ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) - The torch has been passed in one of the Nation’s best known and longest standing Labor Organizations. Brian Sanson has become the new President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). Sanson was sworn in as the 16th President of the Union at the UMWA Special Convention in St. Louis this week and replaces long-time Union more»

Labor Notes Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Labor Notes will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the rest of the series. Alex Caputo-Pearl and Jackson Potter at Labor Notes reports that history more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – A historic new slate of Officers will take over leadership of the United Steelworkers (USW) in March following the Union’s regular four-year nomination and election process that took place this Fall. Roxanne Brown (Pictured Above/USW Photo), who currently serves as USW International Vice President At Large, will be more»

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Department of Labor are suing Amazon for misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors - rather than as Employees. This is yet another high-profile case the Governor Phil Murphy’s Administration has led to ensure Workers have access to the benefits the law allows. “The Murphy more»

The Mass Timber Industry is experiencing rapid growth, with the number of multi-family, commercial and institutional projects increasing by more than fivefold over the past seven years, according to WoodWorks. As demand rises, Ironworkers believe their skills and experience with structural steel can be successfully applied to mass timber projects. more»

Matthew Blake at The MINNPOST reports that for Organized Labor in the State of Minnesota, the 2023 legislative session was a rousing success. Labor Unions worked closely with Governor’s Tim Walz Administration and a DFL-controlled Legislature on high-profile accomplishments, like the creation of a State Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. There more»