A conversation with the former head of the National Labor Relations Board fired President Donald Trump.
Some Democrats have high hopes for Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Good luck with that.
If Trump wants to prove that he is really on the side of American workers, however, he’s going to have to do more than one cabinet nomination.
The American Legislative Exchange Council is pushing a spate of anti-worker bills in states across the country—the latest in the group’s onslaught on collective bargaining rights.
Recent union contract gains against a backdrop of decades of union decline, worsening wealth inequality and broken labor laws.
Relying on the private sector to decarbonize is a recipe for abandoning workers.
GOP courts blue collar voters but most favor anti-union ‘right to work’ laws and reject laws that would protect right to organize.
Democratic leaders have been pursuing a “two-track” strategy linking the Build Back Better Act with an infrastructure bill championed by conservative Democrats. Recent AFL-CIO and AFT actions raise questions about their support for this approach.
Pro-worker provisions introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer added to the bill include penalizing employers for interfering in union elections.
Trumka's death deprives the labor movement of a central figure at a time when a resurgence of union activity has brought hope of undoing the defeats of the past decade and the decline of union membership, particularly in the private sector.
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