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The California Faculty Association is calling for a weeklong strike at the largest public university system in the United States to fight against cuts and preserve a vital public good.

Leftwing members of 1.3m-strong labor union unhappy with Sean O’Brien for private meeting with Republican frontrunner

The level of anti-capitalist sentiment in the US today hasn’t been seen since the 1930s. Labor radicals seized that moment to create the pivotal Congress of Industrial Organizations. We should take lessons from their achievements — and their misstep

An advancing labor reform bill could increase overtime pay, expand social security for delivery workers, and strengthen workplace rights.

Unionists at the AFL-CIO’s annual Martin Luther King conference, held January 12-14 in Montgomery, Ala., tackled what one panelist called a decades-long problem for the labor movement: Organizing the South.

“A lot of AI is coming into this world," said Roman Alejo, 34, a barista at the Sahara hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. "It is very scary and very eye-opening to see how humans can think of replacing other humans."

King, who championed economic as well as racial justice, called labor unions “the first anti-poverty program,” Western Illinois University Professor Peter Cole writes.

Fired after asking for a raise, minimum-wage workers at a Jollibee in Jersey City fought for back pay and reinstatement. After a nearly yearlong campaign against the fast-food chain, the workers won.

Young workers face pay discrimination in 34 states and DC

He was one of the last survivors of a historic walkout that demanded respect and a living wage and that drew Martin Luther King to their cause.