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Organized labor is a direct threat to white supremacy. We need to put that threat into action.

The latest in an historically fraught relationship among police, labor and civil rights movement

A consensus is growing in the corporate world that working from home will be the new normal after coronavirus. Companies will sell it as a perk — but it will mean handing the boss even greater control over our lives.

The King County Labor Council once welcomed the Seattle Police Officers Guild. As protests continue, it’s reconsidering.

This uprising is the result of repeated failures by leaders to take the problem seriously. This country has a 20% unemployment rate, a global pandemic, and racist police institutions. Ignoring these root causes of unrest won't make them go away.

Minneapolis Police Union President, Bob Kroll, has failed the Labor Movement and the residents of Minneapolis. Bob Kroll has a long history of bigoted remarks and complaints of violence made against him. The Minnesota AFL-CIO has asked him to resign

One of the nation’s most respected public defender nonprofits is unionizing, the latest in a surge of union drives at prominent nonprofits across the country.

Organized labor throughout the city is banding together in solidarity against police violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.

In the U.S., Covid-19 has brought renewed focus to the way that working-class lives are treated as expendable. But far less attention has been paid to the global dimensions of the crisis.

The murder of George Floyd, which was preceded by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor illustrates the devastating impact racism. At moments like these, we in the labor movement cannot be silent and must express our outrage.