A new report details how immigration enforcement lowers wages and raises costs for working families, regardless of immigration status
When Starbucks in Scottsboro, Alabama, voted “yes” for the union in 2022 – the town made infamous in the 1930s when an international campaign saved nine young Black workers from the gallows – there was no doubt that this campaign was here to stay.
It’s fine to say that [data centers will] be built with good-paying union jobs but what we’re also looking for on behalf of the working class is long-term sustainability of jobs. It doesn’t help if those jobs come at the cost of many long=term jobs.
The AFL-CIO held its 30th convention in Minneapolis, where less than a week later, several unionists were arrested for their anti-ICE resistance. Minnesota unionists say now is the time to translate AFL-CIO recognition into concrete support.
A federal judge declined to pause expanded Labor Department reporting requirements that unions say will bury them in paperwork and divert money from organizing and bargaining.
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Organized and unorganized working people face the growing many-headed threat of Trump and Trumpism. But what are the top AFL-CIO labor “leaders” doing? Beyond public pronouncements, defensive lawsuits, and social media offerings, very little.
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