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Officers—recently elected on promises of greater transparency and militancy, in the union’s first-ever direct election for top posts—established what could become a new tradition.

L.A. was the city where the ethnicity and ideology of union leadership came to reflect the heterogeneous character of its working class and remake the movement. This took root in the 1990s when Miguel Contreras transformed the Federation of Labor.

Asa Winstanley's new book shows how the Israel lobby weaponized antisemitism to create a new McCarthyism to bring down Jeremy Corbyn and those building a genuine socialist Labour Party.

Duvan Perez, 16, dies at Mar-Jac factory in Hattiesburg, Mississippi amid rollback of child labor laws across several US states

The War on Poverty comes to life in this newly updated edition of a book that explores how welfare mothers in Las Vegas built an organizing juggernaut that transformed lives.

The SAG-AFTRA strike comes at a time when polls suggest unions are more popular in the U.S. than at any time since 1965, and the labor movement is experiencing a resurgence of organizing. These 5 films reveal some of the history of this organizing.

What Oakland’s teachers union reveals about labor strikes in 2023: "Common good" bargaining--focusing not only on pay and benefits but also issues like reparations, housing, and transportation--is offering a fresh strategy for other unions.

Amazon delivery drivers, employed by Amazon contractors, joined the Teamsters and won big gains. Amazon is fighting back, so workers are stepping up their struggle.

Rising temperatures, lack of water and encroaching development are creating tough conditions for the crucial California crop. Their continued viability could all depend on strengthening the lands on which they sit.

While it’s always refreshing to see the lives of working people centered in our media, the docuseries Working: What We Do All Day is hampered by the limitations of its host and narrator, former president Barack Obama.