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While the White House lauds the men and women of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the foundation for the preservation of that industry is being undermined. Workers and their families will be discarded, and an essential U.S. industry will be outsourced.

Last night, New York City’s labor and non-profit leaders got a brutal reminder that they no longer politically speak for the working class they claim to represent.

The International Trade Union Confederation has released its annual report on global rights. This year the U.S. was placed on a new “watchlist” alongside 6 other countries where there found a measurable increase in worker rights' violations.

Delegates to the United Auto Workers constitutional convention affirmed this week the aggressive direction the union has taken under President Shawn Fain, who took office in 2023 and immediately set the 400,000-member union on a new path

What Bundist influence on American labor history can teach a new generation of Jewish workers

“I think this is intended to make workers shy away from being vociferous in their opposition to state sponsored violence.”

Spanberger was recruited to run first for Congress, then for Governor, by the same anti-union Democratic Party machinery that has helped keep the trade union density in Virginia at less than 5%. Yes, not a typo. Less than 5%.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that 100,000 workers have joined the union since March 2022.

Spring has brought green shoots in the labor movement too. Here are some causes for hope.

The Rockstar Game Workers Union has members across the developer's UK offices.