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The AFL-CIO largely has a goal of adding 1 million new union members over the next decade, and AFSCME’s work with cultural institutions is a big part of that effort.

The movement follows years of speculation that minor leaguers could unionize to address long-standing accusations of the unfair treatment of players, including wages that frequently fall below the federal minimum and subpar living conditions.

Raise Up — the Southern branch of Fight for $15 and a Union —held Worker Power Trainings across the South this summer to give workers a chance to learn from each other and get the basic tools to start talking to their coworkers.

Last week, 15,000 nurses at seven Twin Cities hospitals voted to authorize a strike. Their demand is simple: put patients before profits.

'A True Danger to the Public Post Office', "How many post offices will be closed?" asked one union official. "How many clerks and drivers will lose jobs?"

The vote in Lansing is the latest move in unionization efforts at some of the country's largest companies, such as Starbucks, Amazon and Apple.

The bottom-line question is why so many highly profitable companies prefer to spend money to fight the unions instead of offering their vulnerable employees affordable health care coverage and safety from sexual assault.

Several members of the Columbus Education Association were struck by pellets while picketing Tuesday afternoon outside Indian Springs Elementary School in Clintonville.

15,000-strong Minnesota Nurses Association authorized to call what would be one of the largest nurses’ strikes in US history