Thursday, October 15, 2026

Tag: Shawn Fain

Fain wins second term as UAW president in unofficial count

Partial results show the incumbent with more than two-thirds of the vote, while about one in 10 eligible members returned ballots

Justice Department probe tests the UAW’s reform movement

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.

Sanders pushes ‘Pensions for All’ to confront corporate greed and America’s...

With nearly half of older workers having no retirement savings, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces sweeping legislation to guarantee all Americans the same pension security enjoyed by members of Congress.

Trump allies with fossil fuel billionaires as Sunrise launches campaign to...

New youth-led movement confronts Trump’s climate rollbacks and Big Oil’s influence while pushing for state-level accountability and mass mobilization.

UAW unleashes powerful campaign to unite working class against Trump and...

The UAW’s latest ad calls for nationwide solidarity among workers to counter the influence of the billionaire class and defeat Donald Trump, highlighting the stakes for the future of America’s working class.

Toyota ignites wage hike wave in wake of UAW’s labor deal...

In a strategic move mirroring the UAW's historic victories, Toyota embraces a wage hike for its U.S. workforce, spotlighting the broader impact of union momentum in the auto industry.

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The Zone of Interest at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Canal22 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.
Clinton Street in Iowa City, Iowa. Photo: Billwhittaker / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iowa hospital custodian deported to Sierra Leone before judge ruled on stay request, advocates...

Fatou Traore held a 2011 order barring removal to her home country. Co-workers, her congresswoman and three bishops had asked for her release.

America’s Broken Promises, Iran’s Resolve, and the dangerous Game over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran is telling Washington that the age of expecting automatic concessions in exchange for ambiguous promises is over.
Solar cells and wind turbines at the Technical University of Łódź. Photo: Zorro2212 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Clean energy finance passes fossil fuels for the first time, but little reaches low-income...

Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. report G20 and development bank clean energy finance averaged $52.7 billion a year from 2023 to 2025
A guillotine on display in Luxembourg. Photo: Christian Ries / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

If Trumpism descends to grisly entertainment, why not hangings, guillotines, hungry lions, even burning...

Ready, Aim, Fire! with the latest culture of death stunt politics.