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The news should unite the labor movement in defense of constitutional rights and democracy as its members face what one defendant’s attorney calls “political prosecution.”

The plant closure is a sad end to the high hopes of five years ago, when Daimler chose the Portland plant to make new electric versions of its Class 8 heavy truck and smaller box trucks.

Harvard withheld annual raises and performance bonuses from unionized academic workers across the University this summer, prompting Harvard Law School clinical instructors to file an unfair labor practice charge

How a worker-led coalition won Philadelphia’s POWER Act (the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act), and how they’re fighting to make it real.

The union representing IRS workers asked a judge to stop the Trump administration from granting Trump extraordinary tax protections, saying the provision was illegal. The request was the first time anyone had used the courts to kill the plan.

The C&H Sugar strike was shaping up to be the most politically significant strike in the country. If the ILWU returns to the picket line in sixty days, they deserve wide support.

California Governor Gavin Newsom says new pay floor of $17.40, set to become highest of any US state, will go into effect on 1 January 2027.

The reality of labor weakness and social media strength makes what organizers call an “air war” compelling. But if not accompanied by resources for worker organizing and leadership development, all the money in the world won't produce worker power.

The Campaign Workers Guild has seen a roughly 110 percent increase in the number of campaigns that have signed card check agreements with the union since late April, according to union leaders.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.