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John Deere & Co. employees will remain on strike after the United Auto Workers rejected a second contract offer Tuesday.

Labor shortage concerns have galvanized an effort by some elected officials – mostly Republicans – to scale back some child labor regulations.

Labor board approves elections for Starbucks workers in Buffalo, N.Y.

Striketober may very well be just a viral hashtag, but the growing worker militancy it invokes is unmistakably in the air

Climate change is a class and a trade union issue, and trade unions have a vital role to play in placing the interests of workers at the heart of the debate about what is meant by a ‘just transition’.

We sorely need one, but that first requires the unionization of millions of new workers.

With much at state for Virginia workers and families, 200 out-of-work housekeepers, cooks, servers, dishwashers, and hospitality workers triple efforts to increase goal to knock over 200,000 doors for Democrats by Election Day.

This agreement will help give over 200,000 of the City’s essential human service workers the right to organize for the pay and benefits they deserve without fear of retaliation or punishment or interference from their employers.

The milestone comes some six months after a failed high-profile union bid by Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who sought to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

As IATSE members decide how to vote on a proposed contract a horrific accident highlights the issues at stake. But whatever the outcome, members appear to be emerging from the pandemic and from this contract battle with a greater sense of power.