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Despite his previous rhetoric to the contrary, it’s clear that Donald Trump is trying to finally be the one to successfully carry out the long-standing GOP goal: destroying Social Security.

Facing competition from Vietnam and Cambodia, factories are using automation and surveillance to ramp up production and cut labor costs.

“As a true unionist in my blood, withholding labor is always an option. I’m not scared of it. A general strike of all federal workers and postal workers would show the country what’s going to happen if they dismantle everything.”

Over 4,000 UC San Diego employees participated in a series of strikes between Feb. 26 to 28 as part of a statewide unfair labor practice strike.

Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking serv

In deep-red Hardin County, Kentucky, workers are trying to unionize a new electric vehicle battery plant. If Donald Trump scraps the IRA, it may cost thousands of his supporters safe, well-paying jobs.

Some Democrats have high hopes for Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Good luck with that.

“They’re after nothing more than the entire public sphere,” Chris Dols of the Federal Unionists Network told the Foley Square crowd. He urged other public-sector unions to join the fight and “make it unmanageable."

As the Trump administration targets trans youth, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.

This case is about relegating pregnant people to second-class citizens in the eyes of the law. It’s about undermining basic democratic principles in order to advance a dangerous political agenda.