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As workers today face a decades-long decline in union density, rising inequality, and a hostile media landscape, the Federated Press' century-old experiment in independent labor journalism feels urgent again.

Starbucks workers and union members in England, Scotland and eight other countries are protesting on Wednesday in support of striking US employees.

About 560 Starbucks locations have voted for union representation since the first vote to unionize four years ago, according to the union Starbucks Workers United.

Worsening inequality leaves young adults worse off than their parents.

A century ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters launched a union drive against a railroad giant, changing the course of the twentieth century and forever entwining the causes of labor and black civil rights.

"The new American Dream: your company hits all-time highs the same quarter it axes your team."

Our unions and other organized groups that are fighting for immigrant justice, tenant rights, and a fair economy, as scattered and weak as they may be—are the vehicles we have to organize a fightback against Trump's attacks on working people.

Unionized journalists at Politico won a landmark arbitration demonstrating how collective bargaining agreements protect workers from unethical AI in the workplace.

The minimum wage for workers will increase in 19 states and 49 cities and counties next month, with the wage floor reaching $15 per hour in dozens of localities.

Most of the affected employees who held hourly positions will receive $50 for each week worked from July 2021 through July 2024, according to the city.