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United Steelworkers members claim Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is refusing to provide essential bargaining information.

The strike was mainly motivated to force the company to act to improve the general working conditions of the subcontractors. But the whole workforce’s conditions are at the core of the struggle.

As legislative aides, organizers, and independent contractors, we launched the Political Workers Guild of Colorado to ensure that we can work with dignity under fair conditions.

Congress’s failure to raise the federal minimum wage last month dealt a blow, but advocates are pressuring lawmakers to bring the issue back.

Students on multiple campuses are getting involved in undergraduate unions.

Virginia counties and municipalities can now pass local ordinances to establish collective bargaining rights—if they choose.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a sweeping ruling that broadened the discretion of management to discipline or dismiss workers for offensive workplace conduct that arose in the context of union-related activity.

Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound.

Traditionally, organized labor has backed establishment Democrats even in the face of diminishing returns. But when it comes to a $15 minimum wage, Democrats should not expect unionists and their allies on the front lines to “dance and be happy.”

Through unions, workers are able to fight for protections and benefits they might not otherwise have because of collective bargaining power. There are very many reasons people might want to unionize and you will read about some of them here.