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A Brief History of the Controversial Program for Skilled Foreign Workers

Networks of U.S. union organizers are calling for an end to a system of apartheid in Israel and cessation of all armed conflict in the region.

One day after Donald Trump returned to office, a leading government labor union filed a lawsuit against his administration’s reclassification of thousands of federal workers as political hires.

The move follows a national trend of physicians unionizing around the country, as doctors increasingly look for solutions to burnout in a field now dominated by large health system employers.

Public interest groups and unions filed three lawsuits. Plaintiffs accuse Trump group of violating transparency law.

5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners walked off the job January 10 in an open-ended strike at Providence Health and Services, the dominant hospital chain in the Pacific Northwest.

To keep up the offensive fight, defense may be necessary. Organized workers can pressure employers to deny entry to ICE agents who arrive without an arrest or search warrant—or at least restrict the search area only to what is listed in the document.

Unions are preparing to beat back Trump’s pro-business agenda through worker solidarity across all backgrounds.

Witnesses captured videos of officers and agents, some in uniform and others plain-clothed, stationed in front of a store’s entrance, with a parked Border Patrol truck plainly visible. The agents were visible and intimidating – and it worked.

A new study shows Oregon saw higher than average union growth in recent years, a trend pushed by strong participation in education, behavioral health and social services.