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The call from congressional lawmakers comes amid a surge in child labor violations—and as Republican state lawmakers seek to roll back over a century of child labor protections.

The lack of a labor perspective in the reporting out of industrial accidents leaves the public in the dark about just how dangerous and stressful railroading has become as Wall Street has increasingly put the squeeze on the railroading workforce.

Since the 1980s, the nation had gone from close to 50 Class 1 railroads down to seven with monopoly power akin to 19th-century robber barons. Through their “precision scheduling railroading,” these monopolists are putting worker safety and the community well-being at risk.

Harvard Academic Workers-United Automobile Workers stated that it seeks to unionize the over 6,000 University’s non-tenure-track faculty.

Over decades, a boutique of consultants, industrial psychologists, and specialist lawyers--spending an estimated $340 million a year--has played a significant role in subduing the labor movement, and has helped keep U.S. unions pinned down to this day.

Glacier Northwest vs. Teamsters could drastically change how unions are able to strike. Here’s how Starbucks Workers United is preparing.

After fearing the National Labor Relations Board under President Donald Trump would roll back graduate students' power to unionize, campus organizers are energized under President Joe Biden.

Railroads are, like utilities, “natural monopolies.”

The tactics suggested by "union avoidance" consultants, such as “old-fashioned captive audience [speeches],” remain the same, with a slightly different twist to match the moment.

The popular narrative about worker shortages and layoffs is aimed at building a cultural consensus against workers and the labour movement, and is based on biased, partial, and contradictory definitions.