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![Vehicles are blurred as they drive past a parked UPS delivery vehicle on February 1, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0608-ups-400x300.jpg)
Teamsters Kick Off Strike Authorization Vote for Nearly 350,000 UPS Workers
As UPS drivers and organizers, we want workers everywhere to see that building a union opens the door to a better world.
![A metal sign reading "GANNETT"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0605-gannett-400x300.jpg)
Journalists at US’s Largest Newspaper Company Walk Out Against Corporate Greed
They say CEO Mike Reed has overseen the gutting of local newsrooms while collecting a multimillion-dollar salary.
![Cheech Manohar, a writer and actor, strikes with other members of the Writers Guild of America outside of NBC/Universal Studios in Universal City on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1252651614-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Has Dealt a New Blow to Unions — But the Right to Strike Still Stands
The Supreme Court's recent anti-labor ruling in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters is not as far-reaching as workers feared.
![Jennifer Bates stands for a portrait at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) office in Birmingham, Alabama on March 26, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1231954963-400x300.jpg)
Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who Helped Spark a National Wave of Organizing
"We will fight this, I will not be silenced, we will not be stopped," said Bessemer union organizer Jennifer Bates.
![Members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition and their supporters picket outside the chemistry building while striking for union recognition in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_0626-Grad-Workers-400x300.jpg)
One Small Union Is Stoking Much of the Militant New Graduate Worker Organizing
Stoked by an independent union, grad worker unionization is transforming the labor movement and progressive politics.
![Minnesota Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, a sponsor of the bill, presided over the Senate after being sworn in as the first Black Senate President Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_05-19-minnesota-champion-400x300.jpg)
Minnesota Democrats Pass Major Pro-Union, Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave Bill
“This bill is a big damn deal,” said state Sen. Erin Murphy.
![Children ride on a trailer as they roll along Grand Avenue during in the Iowa State Fair Parade August 07, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_05-19-iowa-children-400x300.jpg)
Labor Officials: Iowa GOP’s Child Labor Bill Would Violate Federal Law
Proposals like allowing children to work in meat coolers violate federal child labor safeguards, officials say.
![A care worker helps a senior woman put on her shoes and socks](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1372701898-400x300.jpg)
Let’s Recognize That Care Work Is the Labor That Makes All Other Labor Possible
As a former direct care worker, I am fighting for living wages and labor protections for this underpaid work force.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference with labor leaders to make an announcement on the federal minimum wage, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_05-17-sanders-press-conference-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Unveils Bill Guaranteeing Up to 7 Days of Paid Sick Leave for US Workers
The U.S. is the only wealthy country in the world without universal paid sick leave.
![Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to guests at the Republican Party of Marathon County Lincoln Day Dinner annual fundraiser on May 6, 2023 in Rothschild, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1488044766-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Ramps Up His Attack on Florida’s Public Sector Unions
A slate of new bills targeting public sector unions will worsen the state's teacher shortage.