Can American Workers Disrupt Inequality?
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
Fate of 1,400 undergraduate student workers hinges on university response.
Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.
Labor board freeze leaves thousands of workers, from Amazon to Trader Joe’s, with few options — prompting some to consider more aggressive tactics.
They won status as state employees to get union rights. Now they’re fighting for an election and better jobs.
Officials withdrew a rebid of a $6.6 billion contract requiring “labor harmony” 25 days after the $5 billion corporation holding it filed suit.
Newly unionized Caltech, Occidental workers got union rights under Biden. Trump’s inauguration has them seeking quick contracts.
Workers optimistic about national coordination even as a second Trump administration threatens labor rights and immigration crackdowns.
From Uber and Lyft drivers to home care workers, the fate of far-reaching labor organizing efforts hangs in the balance.
Can educators in California’s largest nonunion public school district — in a county that flipped to Trump — upend a 65-year tradition?
Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.
Six hundred New Orleans nurses join a national surge in pre-contract strikes.
Nannies, housekeepers and gig workers have already won legal protections. Now they want consequences for bosses who break the rules.
With home care in the national spotlight, state declares Medicaid home care workers public employees and expands training.
From Chicago to San Jose, California, rideshare drivers are working together for higher pay, safer work and better jobs.
Two bills could improve home care jobs — and join a trend of voters and lawmakers reversing anti-union legislation.
Workers at Pittsburgh-area Eos Energy join the United Steelworkers.
Eos’ Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at “good clean jobs.” Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing.
Union elections are up in the year since the labor board created new penalties for law-breaking employers. But an appeal could reverse the decision.
Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend.
“Due process” for deactivations would include clear rules, guidelines and appeals before loss of income.
Vote adds to growing unionization among U.S. undergraduate workers.
A new contract that requires “labor harmony” could be a model to empower millions who work for federal contractors nationwide.
The organizing effort at the private liberal arts campus is part of a broader “societal shift” in favor of labor unions.
As resort owners rake in record profits, organizers are trying to unionize ski patrollers across the West — and they’re winning.
Rushed care and poor working conditions have led to demands for representation as revenues grow in the wake of the Dobbs ruling.
Health care exchange workers say the Biden administration should force their employer to provide good jobs.
An upstart performer group is joining the fight to get the famous Austin festival to pay its fair share.
Organized labor fears a rising nonunion workforce could pull restaurant jobs down from the middle class.
Concerns over working conditions and patient care amidst hospital consolidation drove Louisiana’s largest union victory since 1993.
Science graduate student assistants and researchers are at the forefront of recent unionization efforts in academia.
Two Christmas rushes ago, workers at this Amazon air cargo hub started to win improvements at work by relying on each other.
With housing costs out of reach, workers from Brooklyn to Minneapolis to Los Angeles are demanding solutions.
The Hospice East Bay vote shows growing unionization at end-of-life care.
They say “metrics for productivity” are driving care for the dying. Nov. 3 union vote marks growing labor organizing as end-of-life care becomes a for-profit industry.
Workers cite low wages and disrespect at work; union alleges illegal union-busting.
From Waffle House to Dollar General to Burger King, record heat is spurring workers to organize.
The friendly grocer’s staff are increasingly going union — and say the company is hostile to their efforts.
Community coalition targets major developers whose subcontractors stiff workers and allow dangerous conditions, signaling possible national strategy.
A novel partnership among three labor unions to organize tens of thousands of airline workers could set a national example.
A new Capital & Main series explores rising labor unrest in a nation of extreme disparities.
