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Interest in unions and workplace organizing is high, but proactive workers have few opportunities to launch their own organizing drives. The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is trying to change that.

A year after the UAW's historic strike against the Big 3 Automakers, the union has tried to use the momentum to write its next success story in the South. However, it's getting pushback.

Marathon workers work four 12-hour days on day shift, take four days off, and then work four days on night shift. “There’s not a doctor in the world that would say that’s a good schedule,” said steward Gino Maniaci.

But local governments - cities and counties - are stepping up to advocate for workers.

“The caregivers of 1199SEIU stand in solidarity with the Haitian community in the face of vicious, racist attacks by Donald Trump and JD Vance.”

Harris gains support of many Teamster Joint Councils and Locals representing over 511,000 members in only a few hours after the union said it would endorse no candidate. The teamsters membership is 1,300,000.

Adjusted for inflation, men who work full-time year-round saw their wages go up 3%, while women who work full-time year-round only saw their wages go up 1.5%.

A new report documents ways conservatives are pushing state bills to attack labor rights, as well as how local governments are finding new ways to protect workers.

Anyone wanting substantive discussion of jobs in last night’s debate was disappointed. But because of the UAW’s organizing and strikes over the past year, both Trump and Harris felt compelled to insist they were the best candidate for autoworkers.

A union statement said the closure was "especially unfortunate" because workers shouldn't be punished for the deadly outbreak, but a deal protecting employees' livelihoods was reached.