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Because federal labor law doesn’t guarantee protections for bereft workers, those workers’ wellbeing often suffers.

Supporting labor battles is at the center of the Bernie Sander's campaign. At a Chicago teachers rally he stated, “the only way to win prosperity for working people is when we significantly increase membership in trade unions all across America.” 

“People who have dedicated their careers to public service are worried about retaliation. I have seen violations of disabled employees’ rights. I have seen violations of due process. I have seen my union locked out of my building for serving cake.

A group of Google contractors who hold college degrees, get paid as little as $40,000 a year, and don’t receive sick days voted to unionize on Tuesday.

Worker Rights are Shaping up a Key Issue in 2020. Who Has the Best Ideas?

CEOs are promising to take better care of workers with stronger benefits and higher pay. But as a union leader, I know firsthand that workers can't take these promises for granted.

Only a strong movement can put the management of capitalism on the political agenda.

The Amazon climate strike took place on Friday in solidarity with the global youth climate strikes.

Trade unions representing hundreds of millions of people around the world have come out in support of what is expected to be the biggest climate mobilization the world has ever seen.

To tackle the problem of wage theft, which almost always places on workers the burden and risk of coming forward to report violations, we have to address the problem of retaliation.