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Noncompete clauses in workers’ contracts, which prevent them from accepting employment with a competitor, have drawn public scrutiny and the FTC is proposing to ban them. But worker advocates say restrictive covenants that constrain the mobility of workers are noncompetes by another name.

As streaming content has boomed, the Writers Guild of America says that new media models like Netflix and other online platforms have steadily eroded workers' pay and writers' ability to earn a living in Hollywood. Some 11,500 members are on strike.

Teargas fired amid clashes as unions turn traditional marches into anti-government protest against pension reform.

What happens next depends on Amazon, the workers, and the interpretation of outdated US labor law.

Southern Worker School charts path for building workers movement in the U.S. South.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a massive organizing victory for more than 1,100 DHL Express workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

"The same individuals who own the garment factories also hold positions in the parliament and cabinet. There is no representative of the workers in the parliament. The rulers are exploiting us."

More than 300 graduate student workers at Fordham University’s Arts and Sciences school began a three-day walkout this Monday, resulting in hundreds of canceled classes amid growing frustration with the state of their union contract negotiations with the university.

A number of moderate Democrats have remained silent on whether they support Julie Su’s nomination for labor secretary.

The essential workers who fought for their lives during the pandemic are now fighting for a union.