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Sampson and her colleagues ran a campaign to elect a new slate of officials to head the Teamsters local. The slate, which called itself Rebuild 695 and was comprised mostly of Madison Metro Transit employees, came 96 votes short.

Transport stoppages to run into weekend amid protests against planned pension changes

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A regular series in which people lay out what it’s actually like to work at some of the country’s most powerful companies.

We need to show working people that it is possible to undertake major industry reform that puts workers and their communities at its heart by ensuring future low emissions jobs are good union jobs.

Harvard’s graduate student union began its strike Tuesday at midnight after more than a year of contract negotiations with the University.

Even though the economy is adding more jobs, there's increasing evidence that many of those new positions don't offer the kind of wages and benefits required to get ahead. Americans are working but aren't earning enough to gain economic stability.

Public sector worker in Argentina fight for better conditions.

A sexual harassment scandal at AFGE headquarters is making the union’s resistance to Trump more difficult.

“We’re in a different world today, where management is all about the money and the company’s bottom line, but where’s the dignity of a person?”