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Mass deportations could spike inflation, lower the GDP and lead to massive job losses for U.S.-born workers.

Founded in 1964, the CAIMAW was a militant trade union, committed to international solidarity, that pushed the Canadian labour movement into progressive places …. even if that progress came at the cost of significant animosity.

Clark Atlanta University has launched a new institute focused on labor issues and training a new generation of leaders to help Black Southern organizing and collective bargaining efforts.

There is a lot of focus on how union members will vote in 2024. Here are some facts about union voters.

Workers say speaking with voters in person is important as they aim to knock on millions of doors for the Democrat.

Fast-food corporations opposed a California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just scaremongering.

Unions need to plan a response now.

IAM District 751 and W24 Machinists voted by 64% to reject the contract and continue to strike. Boeing’s decision to strip workers of their pensions and refusal to return them remains at the heart of this strike for many.

The former president actually said that the wages of US workers are ‘too high’. And that’s far from the worst.

Through their labor unions, teachers in the U.S. are sometimes recruited as political candidates, especially in state and local elections. However, their numbers are few.