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Letter Carriers Are Organizing Against an Insulting 1.3 Percent Raise

Alexandra Bradbury Labor Notes
"A strong no vote will force both our leadership and the arbitrator to pay attention. And we have to build the infrastructure for a real contract campaign. Our main emphasis should be on building a movement, not just having the best negotiator.

Worker Wins: Standing Together for Their Families

Kenneth Quinnell and Sydney Roberts AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO's latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule

Daniel Wiessner Reuters
The rule would have required employers to pay overtime premiums to salaried workers who earn less than $1,128 per week, or about $58,600 per year, when they work more than 40 hours in a week.

Labor’s Resurgence Can Continue Despite Trump

Chris Bohner and Eric Blanc Radish Research
Donald Trump will do his best to undermine unions. But the labor movement still has momentum on its side and numerous opportunities to seize. Trump’s presidency has to be a time for labor action, not despair.

Blue Collar Empire

Ruth Needleman Portside
A review of Blue Collar Empire:The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anti-Communist Crusade by Jeff Schurhke.

Ignoring Low-Wage & Low-Wealth Voters Cost Harris

Bob Hennelly Work-Bites
When Biden’s boosters were confronted with polling that most Americans felt negative about the economy, their response was to point to aggregate data. Yet, no one lives in the aggregate. You remember the day the sheriff puts you out of your home.