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In a new report, the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found evidence that employers are increasingly brazen in seeking to obstruct workers' attempts to unionize.

Hearst is pushing back against its employees’ union drive, but it would be advantageous for them to support it.

Trump’s new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement repeats the disasters of the original agreement.

The owners of private and charter schools are waging war against their public school competition.

American workers will see no relief from their fears of jobs moving overseas or to lower-wage communities in their own country.

As more young people find themselves stuck in precarious jobs with variable hours and benefits, some are turning to unions to help secure their rights.

The ILWU was fined $93.6 million over a labor dispute in Oregon, a sum which could bankrupt the union. Union President Adams explains that the ILWU will fight the judgement in court and will continue to defend its members, no matter the outcome.

In its first week, the strike drew support from colleagues in the labor movement. Some deliveries of supplies were halted when UPS workers refused to cross the picket line. Construction workers at Harvard Medical School stopped working on a facade.

From basic safety issues like nonslip mats in the kitchen to better salaries and benefits, the fight to create a more just industry ramped up this year.