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National Education Association is engaging in illegal and dangerous actions that could harm entire labor community, send ripple effects through progressive causes.

Project 2025 wants to dismantle workers’ rights to organize via unions and proposes that employees instead be provided a less powerful alternative called “employee involvement organizations.”

Previous legal challenges have failed, but this decision comes after liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz was sworn in, flipping the high court's majority for the first time in years.

The ground-breaking labour organizer and internationalist leaves behind a powerful legacy.

The Biden administration has proposed a desperately needed new heat standard to protect workers from scorching temperatures. Expect business groups to oppose it.

This year, state advocates were better equipped to organize in opposition to harmful bills

Trade-offs between the human right to work and the human right to a healthy environment need to be avoided when applying "just transition" logic.

“Virtually everything we do is determined by politics. It’s just so important, from the smallest thing in your life to the biggest. Union people need to understand how powerful their vote is—how important their vote is.”

The Virtual Union Hiring Hall is more than just a jobs board. The site shares important stats about the union difference for workers as well as basic info about what unions are and how they function.

Women in unions are paid higher wages and experience smaller wage gaps than non-unionized women. Unionized women who work full time are typically paid 19% more than women who are not in a union, resulting in them making roughly $10,000 more a year.