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After narrowly rejecting a contract offer, the union representing 11,600 working carpenters in Washington state is set to start a strike.

Budget reconciliation package and bipartisan infrastructure bill would support more than 4 million jobs per year

Kooper Caraway, the head of the state’s AFL-CIO, is done with thinking small.

Identifying allies to build labour movement power in localities is a key part of making the New Deal a success. “Who can we work with to build collectivism and rebuild our movement from the ground up, renewing our connections with working people?"

Teamsters Local 362 filed for a vote on union representation at the Amazon YEG 1 Fulfillment Centre in Nisku, AB. This represents the first step in the Teamsters Canada union organizing campaign to bring Amazon to the bargaining table.

Educators are confused about how to navigate new laws that ban discussions about race in the classroom.

A California law limiting warehouse quotas could also help with high turnover, giving workers more opportunities to organize.

The "Labor Guide to Retirement Plans" shows why and how private and public sector workers should be mobilizing against such concessions.

When people have bad working conditions and no voice on the job, it’s obviously bad for them. But rotten jobs affect our collective health, safety and well-being.

The key takeaway from the election is that workers saved our democracy—workers did the essential door-to-door canvassing and everyday working voters turned out. With their votes comes a mandate for change to help working and low-wealth people.