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Dockworkers Push Union Resolution to Block Shipment of Israeli Military Cargo
A local International Longshore and Warehouse Union effort builds on decades of support for Palestinian liberation.
Despite Historic Levels of Inequality, Yellen Opposes Global Billionaires’ Tax
The treasury secretary will not back a plan at the upcoming G7 to set a minimum rate for the planet's ultrawealthy.
University of California Student Workers Strike Against Repression on Campus
About 2,000 workers at the Santa Cruz campus are taking labor action in defense of Palestine and the right to protest.
Union Drive at Labcorp Is the Latest in a String of Health Care Organizing Wins
Organizers say corporate efforts to quash a union actually galvanized workers to overwhelmingly vote for one.
Alabama Mercedes Workers Lose First Union Election, Vow to Continue the Fight
“We’ve been trying this for 25 years,” one worker said. “We’ll try again next year and every year till we get it.”
Here’s How Workers Can Build Power Amid Corporate Co-optation of DEI Programs
Since 2020, there has been a notable rise in anti-union consultants rebranding themselves as DEI practitioners.
IRS Finds Trump Used Dubious Accounting Maneuver to Claim Improper Tax Breaks
Losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could see the ex-president facing a tax bill of more than $100 million.
Corrupt Real Estate Firms Are Displacing Indigenous Mexicans in New Colonialism
Locals say the real estate industry is using organized crime, intimidation and even arson to clear the way for profits.
The Era of Lean Production Is Coming to an End. What Does That Mean for Workers?
Climate crisis and the COVID pandemic have revealed the cracks in global supply chains. What comes next?
General Strike Brings Argentina to a Halt Over Milei Austerity Program
The unions blasted President Javier Milei's attacks on labor rights, social security, public health and education.