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Teachers, firefighters and other public sector workers rallied against a proposed bill in Utah that will ban public sector unions from collective bargaining. Lawmakers ignored workers and moved forward with their bill.

Wisconsin public workers have won a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under Act 10, a 2011 state law forced through by then Governor Scott Walker. Seven unions and 3 labor leaders filed the suit.

While tens of thousands of public sector workers have lost their unions since a 2023 law went into effect, the United Faculty of Florida-FIU union is poised to stay alive and stronger than before.

An outright crisis is emerging for public sector unions. Some fear that with the new union law in effect the working class in Florida faces a bleaker future.

From Florida to Alaska, workers are facing legal efforts to weaken their power by targeting union certification and dues.

Our society values health care and education in theory, but it constantly undermines them in practice. Public sector workers feel that discrepancy most acutely. They’re striking to force our society to put its money where its mouth is.

After the Supreme Court gutted rules to protect unions, the Freedom Foundation has been on a national mission to erode labor’s base of support.

New working class heroes, not blinded by 21st century false promises, who hope to build better organizations from the ashes of the old -- should check out the writings of a deceased 88-year old New Yorker who knew what he was talking about.