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In the coming years, Amazon will most likely become the largest private employer in the United States — perhaps even the world. It already employs nearly a million U.S. workers and indirectly commands many more thousands of contracted drivers.

Striking Alabama Miners Call Out NYC Hedge Funds for Bringing in Scabs

But why does the capitalist want to hire workers? Because by doing so, he gains control over the worker’s capacity in the workplace.

The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Local authorities ruled no more than three members of Local 120 may picket an entrance to the refinery at one time, but dozens of Teamsters show up to the main gate anyway and take turns on the line.

The Municipal Labor Committee, which bargains for health care for city unions, has been engaging in backdoor negotiations with the city, resulting in a proposal to switch nearly a quarter-million people from Medicare to privately administered plans.

A task force is exploring how to boost union organizing and clout. Talks have included leveraging federal purchasing to steer agency contracts to companies with unionized labor or that otherwise promote workers’ rights.

The ongoing struggle of farmers in India is the most significant mass mobilization in decades and represents the biggest challenge to the government of Narendra Modi since it first came to power in 2014.

What started as a Colombian protest against a regressive tax bill has become a national strike against police brutality and poverty.

The battle for labor law reform has historically been one of the most difficult in US politics. Passing the PRO Act is crucial — but workers may not be able to win it without flexing their strike muscles.