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Public employees would have to sign a form, in 14-point type, larger than the rest of the text, stating, "Florida is a right-to-work state,” “union membership and payment of union dues and assessments are voluntary,” no employee may be discriminated against “for refusing to join or financially support a labor union.”

One picketer’s sign riffed on Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s book, which HarperCollins publishes. “Where the Wild Things Are Underpaid,” it read, with drawings of Max’s sailboat and one of the monsters he encounters.

“Our goal really is to stop the 24-hour shifts. It should have stopped six years ago when these women first spoke out — working through the night and literally breaking their bodies.”

The Great Postal Heist documents the culture of bullying that developed in the U.S. Postal Service after it was converted from a public service to a public corporation, after the great wildcat strike of 1970.

We know the union-busters' playbook. But the players and their reach are less well known.

Trumka's death deprives the labor movement of a central figure at a time when a resurgence of union activity has brought hope of undoing the defeats of the past decade and the decline of union membership, particularly in the private sector.

Striking Alabama Miners Call Out NYC Hedge Funds for Bringing in Scabs

A leading supplier of low-wage labor to major construction projects has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle sexual-harassment complaints 18 women workers filed with the New York State Attorney General’s office.

The protest was one of 16 at major national airports on behalf of 20,000 airline-catering workers.