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Defying Tariff Threats, Mexican GM Workers Win a Double-Digit Wage Hike
Union leaders said they didn’t let the uncertainty around tariffs scare them into a conciliatory posture.
Critics Slam Trump’s Plan to Fill Federal Government With “Political Cronies”
Around 50,000 career civil servants would be reclassified as “at-will” employees and lose civil service protections.
Labor Was Crucial in Building Public Health Institutions Trump Wants to Destroy
Labor leaders past and present have insisted on expanding the scope of what constitutes health.
To Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Education, We Need Democracy in Our Unions
Education workers are mobilizing for a day of action on May 1. Building toward a national walkout should come next.
Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Defends Students From Trump’s Anti-Migrant Crackdown
Some unions like United Teachers Los Angeles are including immigrants’ rights protections in their bargaining proposals.
Whistleblower Who Exposed DOGE Raid of NLRB Data Finds Threats Taped to His Door
The worker said he received a note with photos of him that seemed to be taken by drone after he spoke out against DOGE.
With Detention of Beloved Farmworker Organizer, ICE Comes for the Labor Movement
“We believe he was targeted,” says the political director of the farmworker union that Alfredo Juarez helped to create.
As Trump Attacks Education, Chicago Teachers Reach Powerful Tentative Contract
It reaffirms sanctuary school protections, assures the ability to teach Black history and gives veteran teachers raises.
Postal Workers Defend USPS Against DOGE Attack
DOGE is helping the postmaster general hack away at workers' retirement and a regulatory commission he doesn't like.
Trump Order Cites National Security to Attack Collective Bargaining Rights
The president is trying to strip hundreds of thousands of federal workers of union representation and labor protections.