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Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionize

Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects scrutiny from power by targeting the messenger.

Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side.

Cold War anti-communism directly contributed to US labor’s decline in the latter half of the 20th century. That is a betrayal, at home and abroad, of the interests of the working class they were elected to represent.

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

This year saw some real gains for workers and unions but it may be hard to sustain the momentum in 2025.

Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked off the job starting yesterday, in a major escalation of the Teamsters’ efforts to organize the company. In New York, the strikers faced repression from the police.

3 Million workers will finally get their full Social Security benefits.

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers AND Starbucks unions strike ahead of holiday.

The president of Canada’s largest labour organization slammed the government for its “misuse” of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.