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Music supervisors requested Netflix and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers voluntarily recognize their union earlier this year, which would have skipped the step of a formal election, but they declined.

Two of the biggest employers of veterans are the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Postal Service, both targets of Republican-backed efforts to reduce their staff and outsource their functions.

The international left should affirm Iranian protesters’ feminist and democratic message of “Women, Life, Freedom.” If we don’t, we risk ceding the public discourse to neoconservatives and liberal hawks who will use the protests for their own purposes.

Even if you survive a layoff, without a union, you’re still left wondering, "Am I next?

We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet our current housing system denies so many hard-working people basic dignity, stability, or safety.

Why we should always talk politics at the dinner table

Director Phyllis Nagy told Jezebel it was important for her to “normalize this very common healthcare procedure, which it’s never treated as in movies.”

In the final weekend of the campaign, national leaders of four of the country’s largest labor unions came to Philadelphia to convene with candidates and coordinate a last-minute push to reach voters in the state’s most populous city, a labor stronghold where Democrats have a 7-to-1 voter registration advantage.

Hospitality workers enjoy unusual clout in Nevada, where the powerful Las Vegas culinary union is rallying members to tip close races.