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There are Contrasting Visions of Unionism Up for Leadership.

The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger’s mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.

Whether fighting to unionize or exercising the right to accept or reject negotiated contracts, workers are nurturing democracy where we most need it. If we are to save our political democracy, we must begin by establishing a beachhead for democracy in the workplace.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists started a strike at noon on Tuesday, following unmet demands from the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh that the company "end its illegally declared impasse to contract negotiations" and return to the bargaining table.

Cracks have started to appear in red states’ anti-union front.

Leading unions will strike for higher salaries and against government requisitions of oil installations, in their biggest challenge yet to President Macron.

After a tentative agreement between railroad companies and unions was reached earlier this year, political leaders acted like the deal was settled. But thousands of rail workers just voted it down — which could put a national railroad strike back on the table.

The vote on Friday signaled another win for the labor movement

A system counting tips toward the minimum wage is being fought in many places.

Weyerhaeuser workers are striking to say no to corporate greed, to an employer that would ask them to make sacrifices when it’s making record profits. That means their fight is the fight of all working people, and they need your support.