Multiple labor unions sued the Trump administration last September over its attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown.
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Rideshare Drivers Want a Fair Hearing Before Losing Their Jobs
In Chicago, city data shows fewer than 4 percent of the more than 30,000 drivers removed from rideshare platforms were reinstated.
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How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost?
Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.
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Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power
The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.
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Workers Deserve a Level Playing Field
Americans need an economy that works for working people.
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Labor Day 2026: Record-High Popularity, Record-Low Power for America’s Unions
Wages now constitute the lowest share of the nation’s income since the government began measuring them in 1947.
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Mamdani’s Taking On Amazon. His Opponent? Chuck Schumer’s Daughter.
Legislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it.
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Frances Perkins: The Architect of Social Security
In her words, Frances Perkins, the first woman cabinet secretary, ‘came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common workingmen.’
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Top Farmworker Fear Is Family Separation
A first-of-its-kind survey by the UFW Foundation quantifies the impact of Trump’s mass deportation campaign on farmworkers, the vast majority of whom are undocumented.
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Employers Stall Labor Contracts for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.
The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.