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At Amazon, big organizing campaigns by established unions are only the most visible face of labor organizing. The other is Amazonians United, a militant shop-floor group with a presence around the country.

"Millions will suffer as they lose this critical source of income and the loss of spending will suppress job growth."

Millions of jobless workers are set to lose critical unemployment benefits in roughly 72 hours—and neither Congress nor the Biden administration seem prepared to do anything about it.

We upended our lives during the pandemic, but our response to what we know is happening to the planet has remained business-as-usual.

Starbucks workers in the Buffalo area announced that they were forming a union called Starbucks Workers United.

Ed Asner's concerns about economic and social justice did not stop with helping performers. He fought for victims of poverty, violence, war, and legal and social injustice, both in the United States and around the globe.

Union organizing campaigns are not reaching enough workers, but the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) wants to change that. In the first of this three-part series, EWOC volunteer Eric Dirnbach outlines the labor movement’s problems and

Mental health should be a priority in the workplace.

A wealth tax would raise badly-needed revenue. More importantly, it could reduce the fortunes—and power—of billionaires

On strike over unfair demands for concessions in contract negotiations including pension and over-time rules.