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“Our goal really is to stop the 24-hour shifts. It should have stopped six years ago when these women first spoke out — working through the night and literally breaking their bodies.”

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

The reduction in government jobs during the pandemic continues a long-term trend in the public sector, according to experts, and could lead to the widening of the racial wealth gap in the country if left unaddressed.

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee has helped workers take collective action during the pandemic.

Cafeteria staff make learning and healthy development possible by providing balanced meals to kids who otherwise might not get them. In return, they bring home some of the lowest earnings of the generally underpaid K–12 workforce.

Majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 cite low pay, no opportunities for advancement, feeling disrespected.

A spate of acquisitions, including Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, marks a flashpoint among organizers looking to make inroads in a mostly nonunion industry.

Sisterhood across the decades, far from being ‘natural’ or ‘easy,’ is an incredible achievement that women have constructed for themselves

Staff at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University have announced plans to form a union with the hope of making the museum an "equitable, transparent and sustainable workplace."

The union leader turned labor secretary has taken a hands-on approach rarely seen from sitting cabinet members.