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Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics
Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers
The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table.
Wells Fargo Wants to Privatize USPS. We Should Dismantle the Mega Bank Instead.
Why would a mega bank with one of the worst reputations in a scandal-ridden industry take over a popular institution?
Want to Stop Trump’s Attacks on the NLRB? History Shows Strikes Are the Answer.
Workers’ legal rights are inherently precarious in a capitalist economy. Only periodic mass upheaval has renewed them.
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
Buffalo Is a Union Town — But for Hotel Workers, Union-Busting Runs Rampant
Buffalo hotel workers are facing off with a Trump-aligned developer in their battle to unionize.
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.
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.
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.
Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees
If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.