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The Labour Ministry says that since the early 1970s, well over 3,000 trade unionists have been murdered in Colombia.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro introduced a referendum that would have asked voters to vote on shorter workdays and overtime pay on holidays. The Senate blocked his effort. Supporters are organizing popular support in favor of reform.

The president’s directive seeks to end collective bargaining by employees at many federal agencies.

The union has been bargaining to reach a contract with Starbucks for over three years, with no end in sight. It says that the new dress code represents “bad faith bargaining,” .

A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the NIOHS's Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit arguing that the mass firings would lead to irreparable harm.

“In a time of crisis, when crimes against humanity are being committed, it is absolutely necessary for workers to go on strike. This is a moral obligation on all of us. It is also our system that is complicit in what Israel is doing.”

A conversation with the former head of the National Labor Relations Board fired President Donald Trump.

United Food and Commercial Workers President Mark Perrone is expected to announce his retirement this week. The reform organization Essential Workers for Democracy (EW4D) is pushing for a transparent and democratic process to choose a successor.

The neoliberal economic program embraced by the Clinton-era Democratic Party alienated many working-class voters. Democrats responded by reorienting their electoral strategy toward professional-class voters, accelerating workers’ departure

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union spoke to The Progressive about the union’s new contract that will protect Chicago educators and students from the threats of the Trump Administration.