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By joining together and working in union, we will fight the corrupt forces intent on dismantling worker protections and continue the fight for safe jobs with good wages and benefits, dignity and respect in the workplace for all.

In the nation’s second-most unionized state, support from organized labor can often make or break a candidate for top elected office.

Workers at the Union Electric Steel plant in Valparaiso ended their strike after securing raises in a new four-year contract.

Socialist New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar on electoral politics, the Democratic Party, and why strikes matter.

A small group of workers at retailer Target Corporation is demanding accountability from local store managers in the Baltimore area, highlighting issues of discrimination and fair scheduling that affect retail workers nationwide.

US and China impose tit-for-tat tariffs as fears grow over damage to global economy

Sexual harassment and sexual assault is a serious issue for hotel workers, who are vulnerable not only to co-workers and management but also to hotel guests. Union workers from across the globe gathered in Geneva to demand change.

Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies

Because public-sector unions disproportionately empower and protect African-American women, this class of hyper-exploited workers is poised to be hit hardest by the Janus v. AFSCME anti-union ruling.

Walker’s attack and the Janus litigation are similar not only because they directly attack working people and their right to organize, but because both have been bankrolled and directed by a network of billionaires and right-wing foundations.