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Organized labor could be Trump’s kryptonite

The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.

Following recent layoffs, an Alamo Drafthouse in Colorado has authorized a strike.

Donald Trump has championed tariffs as a way to revive American manufacturing. But without a real industrial strategy, Catalyst editor Vivek Chibber argues, they’re little more than a handout to capital.

Throughout the entire history of left-wing and working-class organizing in the United States, the participation in and building of institutions of political education has been key.

Our national union leadership should link our contract struggle to the struggle against DOGE’s reckless campaign to smash parts of the federal government that working people rely on.

The department’s statistical bureau is a key source of data that shapes how policymakers and Wall Street investors view the economy.

Unions representing federal workers -- the American Federation of Government Employees; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and the National Association of Government Employees -- sued to stop the resignation program.

4,300 workers at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, vote on whether to be represented by the union CAUSE.

Colorado Kroger workers are striking this week, and 130,000 union grocery workers are bargaining contracts this year. Reformers see it as a chance to transform the UFCW from America’s largest private sector union into a fighting force.