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Insiders sound alarm over ‘catastrophic’ impact of widespread departures and cuts under Trump.

One day after Donald Trump returned to office, a leading government labor union filed a lawsuit against his administration’s reclassification of thousands of federal workers as political hires.

Threats started in New York and spread to Chicago and Atlanta after company failed to meet negotiation deadline.

US workers say Democrats neglected ‘desperately needed’ action toward vulnerable groups amid recession fears

Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas

"We’re asking and fighting for what we deserve," a worker says before strike votes this week from Boston to Honolulu.

Though 2,300 people in the US died from heat-related illness in 2023, workers await robust protection laws.

World’s largest coffee chain agrees framework with Workers United as push to increase unionization continues apace

Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, workers say, as Amazon faces unfair labor practice charges

Despite pushback from CEO James Daunt, employees are organizing for better pay, dignity and working conditions.