In 1970, US postal workers won collective bargaining rights with an illegal strike. If lawsuits to stop Trump’s attacks on the federal workforce fail, that kind of militancy may be the only way for federal workers to retain their own union rights.
Today’s labor movement has been built to rely on forms of power that are all going away.
Rioters in Harlem Win Concessions (1935), A Big Win for White-Collar Strikers (2000), A Century of Classroom Censorship (1925), Witch-Hunt Targets Get a Very Belated Apology (1980), The Long Road from Selma (1965)
Strike threat looms.
Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionize
The president of Canada’s largest labour organization slammed the government for its “misuse” of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.
In some of the most exciting fights of 2024, strikers shut down ports on the East Coast and backed up plane orders on the West. The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling.
Donald Trump will do his best to undermine unions. But the labor movement still has momentum on its side and numerous opportunities to seize. Trump’s presidency has to be a time for labor action, not despair.
New deal includes $7,000 ratification bonus, enhanced retirement contributions
Offer could end month-old strike
Boeing negotiated proposal came after talks with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su
The proposed agreement includes higher base pay and expanded health care coverage for roughly 3,000 masters and PhD students
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