The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights presents an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable on worker power under Trump, co-published by The American Prospect. I’m a fourth-generation union glazier. I remember being a kid sitting around the ...
Labor unions are in focus on this Labor Day with one local union getting extra attention. United Auto Workers Local Five in South Bend is one of the oldest UAW locals in the nation. They held one of ...
Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s exit as Labor secretary last week amid a wave of misconduct allegations is raising questions about the fledgling coalition between Republicans and labor. The next moves from the ...
TOP OF THE HOUR. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN, BLAKE. THANK YOU. YOU BET. WELL, WHO MOVES THE WORLD? MOVES THE WORLD. THIS MORNING, A SYMBOL OF SOLIDARITY FOR LABOR UNIONS. LABOR DAY FESTIVITIES KICKING OFF ...
Workers from Movement climbing gyms filed unfair labor practices charges with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday, alleging the Colorado-based company “interfered with, restrained and coerced ...
Ask AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka about the climate for unions on this Labor Day weekend, and he starts with something positive: a new Gallup poll showing public support for unions at its highest ...
Changing demographics and common interests have led unions to take a more prominent role in immigrant workforces and communities. This kind of solidarity would have been less common a generation ago, ...
Authoritarian socialists, communists, and even some anarchists believe that the labor movement and the socialist/anarchist movement are the same and share identical goals. In this article, I want to ...
Reports that Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women while building the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) into one of the most celebrated and beloved institutions in U.S. labor history are ...