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In troubling times like these working people and the labor movement remain a necessary check on this vision of profits over people. At the 2025 Oregon AFL-CIO Convention we got serious about building an unstoppable working class movement for change.

“It’s unity. It’s solidarity. It’s strength in each other,” Powell said. “You’re going to see the unions fighting. We stand for what’s right.”

Research and public service professionals across the University of California voted to form a new union that will represent 7,200 workers.

Pro-Palestinian worker-led protests against Israel's Gaza invasion erupted across Italy on Monday.

A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the “abundance” debate.

Unifor and UE Pass Resolutions for an Arms Embargo and Support for Palestinian Workers

The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.

Worker power is contested not just at the bargaining table, but also in the stories told about workers.

Today’s firings present a new challenge for union stewards because each case becomes public, playing out on social media and on the national stage. Nonetheless, the same principles hold. Here are some basic steps a steward should take.

Morale has plummeted as staff charged with protecting U.S. workers feel their core mission is being undermined.