Tag: labor unions

Shawn Fain denies allegations that he misused union authority as a federal investigation and leadership election place one of organized labor’s most prominent unions under new pressure.

Because unions provide a voice on wages, safety, and other issues, they empower workers at a moment when a depressing sense of helplessness haunts many other Americans.

A new report estimates U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union-avoidance campaigns, exposing a vast network of consultants, law firms, legal loopholes, and delay tactics that labor advocates say have reshaped workers’ ability to organize.

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.

Speaking outside a store in Brooklyn, Mamdani said New York is a “union town,” and vowed to continue joining pickets even after he is sworn in as mayor on January 1.

As the nation endures record inequality and a prolonged government shutdown, Tesla shareholders have granted CEO Elon Musk a pay deal that could make him the world’s first trillionaire, prompting fierce backlash from lawmakers, labor unions, and progressive groups.

Collective action is needed to improve working conditions at America’s second-largest private employer.

They’re plotting to hijack democracy and put working people under the feet of CEOs, the ultra-wealthy, and other Republican fanatics.

To me, this is the end of America, if we want to live in a democracy.”

Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.