Wages make up a large share of income for most U.S. working families, lost wage growth meant sluggish income growth. There was one group where wage growth, and income growth, was substantial: the top 1%, whose wages skyrocketed 182% since 1979
More Americans are turning to unions as a bulwark against the rising cost of living, and more public sector workers turned towards unions last year in the wake of some federal actions and federal headwinds.
How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracy
Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country
After failing to gut a bill that legalized collective bargaining for state and local government workers, she opted to veto it.
Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ordered the VA to recognize the bargaining contract that represents roughly 300,000 VA employees.
State and local government employees in Virginia are poised to gain the right to collectively bargain under a pending bill. But home care and campus workers aren't included.
As Trump intensifies his anti-democratic crackdown, North Carolina’s Moral Mondays movement offers a roadmap for organizers looking to fight back.
The union seeks 25% raises over four years and says Kaiser halted negotiations in December, halting talks both with a national coalition of labor groups representing workers at the healthcare system, as well as with local chapters, which hash out sch
About 560 Starbucks locations have voted for union representation since the first vote to unionize four years ago, according to the union Starbucks Workers United.
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