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Our commitment as the AFL-CIO, as the Labor Movement, is we’re not going to be looking back in 10 years like we did with the air traffic controllers saying we should have done something. We’re going to use every resource that we have.

The president is compelled to delay his tariffs. The Republican Congress failed to do it, so the markets did.

"We sounded the alarm, and they're backing off," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "But the fight's not over."

Forty-one anti-protest bills in 22 states have been introduced since start of 2025, according to law tracker

Manufacturing jobs alone didn’t build postwar prosperity — organized labor did. And Trump is killing it...

This fascinating book questions whether such a misunderstood ideal should be lauded as an end in itself.

The American Library Association and a union representing more than 42,000 cultural workers nationwide have filed a lawsuit contesting the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries.

Hot war, cold war, trade war, class war

Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.