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This article is part of a series on how workers are organizing in response to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Depression.

In Cal­i­for­nia, one group of union activists is form­ing a ​“Labor Slate” of can­di­dates, in what they hope will become a mod­el for future elec­tion cycles.

Though they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.

Though they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.

The 2020 platform of the Democratic Party is the most pro-labor it has ever been. But the onus is on us [to make sure that] once we get him elected, we don’t get bought off by coffee at the White House.

A well-funded Democratic group is wooing former union members whom liberals have long ignored.

Activists called it a “No Labor Day” event, as they unveiled a report Monday finding appalling diversity statistics within apprenticeship programs run by Illinois trade unions.

Pro athletes have gone on strike before over economic issues, but these protests are about racial justice. This time Black players, who have talked about their own experiences being racial profiled by police officers, lead the organizing.

Hotel workers around the country have suffered the impacts of the pandemic, and UNITE HERE has been hit particularly hard. David Bacon interviews Anand Singh, President of UNITE HERE Local 2, about the pandemic and future of the union.

This week, we explore the tug of war between protecting union jobs and the transition to a cleaner economy.