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Teachers say they’re feeling more disrespected, unappreciated and under attack than ever before by new laws championed by Governor Ron DeSantis

GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize.

Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board would like to ease the path to forming unions and curb employers’ coercion and intimidation.

Labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s – with special urgency, as a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy.

Labor strategists hope wins will turn into a larger trend but acknowledge it won’t be easy as corporations fight fiercely against unionization.

Political and labor leaders say that unless Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense’s production is done in Wisconsin, instead of South Carolina, Democrats will be hurt in November’s elections.

Journalists are responding to consolidation and ongoing revenue challenges by joining the unionization wave.

Workers went on strike at Kellogg’s, Nabisco, John Deere, Columbia University and numerous hospitals. Will this surge of worker action and anger be a mere flash in the pan or will it be part of a longer-lasting phenomenon?

Unions aren’t just about strikes and politics—the stories the media covers. There’s a big story the media usually misses about unions: how, concretely, they improve workers’ lives.

The Kaiser Permanente partnership finds itself in crisis as 34,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers prepare to strike on Monday, in what would be the largest walkout in this fall’s strike wave.