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An explainer on non-contract unions, how workers at Alphabet are using this structure to build and maintain power, and why you should too.

Leaked files from IRI Consultants, a top union avoidance firm hired by Google, show how it collects data on workers' personality, motivations, and work ethic to bust unions.

We are witnessing one of the greatest assaults on our democracy since the Civil War,” tweeted AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Union leaders throughout the country denounced the coup attempt and attack on the Constitution.

CUNY’s adjunct faculty should have the same job protections as New York’s fast-food workers.

The union's formation comes after years of rising employee tensions at Google over the company's practices, including its work with the defense sector, plans for a censored search engine in China, and handling of sexual misconduct claims.

Early signals from his transition have been mixed, but Biden owes a debt of gratitude to the labor movement for his shot at the throne. This is no moment to kick back and give Biden time to settle in.

The fight for Medicare for All is one of the most important in the United States today. And despite the many horrors of 2020, the movement demanding an end to our privatized health system actually made some headway this year.

“The proposal to reduce the 60-hour overtime threshold threatened to regulate New York’s family farms out of existence,”

There is work to do—and people who want to work.

FedEx workers at the Memphis World Hub said they were pressured to work faster than they felt was safe.