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This year saw some real gains for workers and unions but it may be hard to sustain the momentum in 2025.

Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked off the job starting yesterday, in a major escalation of the Teamsters’ efforts to organize the company. In New York, the strikers faced repression from the police.

3 Million workers will finally get their full Social Security benefits.

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers AND Starbucks unions strike ahead of holiday.

The president of Canada’s largest labour organization slammed the government for its “misuse” of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.

From planetarium lecturers to performers at strip clubs and escape rooms, Actors’ Equity is organizing live entertainment workers far beyond traditional musicals. The union’s strategy could be crucial as unions brace for a potential anti-labor admin

“Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have floated a number of plans targeting federal workers, including plans to end telework.

Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

Threats started in New York and spread to Chicago and Atlanta after company failed to meet negotiation deadline.

Last month, workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, the first such filing since Amazon took over the grocery chain in 2017. We spoke with some of the workers about the union