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Can Transit Workers Escape the Death Spiral? 2026-06-12 [Labour Notes]
In Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Often Worked in Fear 2026-06-12 [The Times]
UNITE HERE hospitality workers across the US and Canada are welcoming visitors and standing in solidarity 2026-06-11 [Instagram]
Foreign workers say they were paid less than $2 an hour to build a new US Consulate in Milan 2026-06-11 [AP]
Unions should act as AI disruptors in their communities 2026-06-11 [Street Roots]
The Directors Guild has reached a tentative four-year contract with Hollywood studios 2026-06-10 [AP]
IAM Union Builds Solidarity at 55th CBTU Convention 2026-06-10 [IAM Union]
In Pivot, Teachers Union Pitches 'Devices Down, Eyes Up, Hands-On' Plan 2026-06-09 [Tech Policy Press]
AFL-CIO condemns executive order to replace federal workers with political loyalists 2026-06-09 [AFL-CIO]
Trump Strips Due Process Rights from Thousands of Federal Workers in Continued Push to Politicize Civil Service 2026-06-09 [AFGE]
UPS driver goes viral after sharing his weekly paycheck 2026-06-08 [Yahoo]
The Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions honoured with the George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award 2026-06-08 [salidarnast.info]
SAG-AFTRA overwhelmingly approves new four-year contract 2026-06-05 [AP]
VIDEO Trump says Black workers are 'really going to do well' when auto factories open in U.S. 2026-06-05 [PBS]
Trump makes it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers 2026-06-04 [CNN]
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers 2026-06-04 [Reddit]
Canada looking to beef up forced labour laws as U.S. imposes new tariffs 2026-06-03 [Toronto Star]
Republicans’ Latest Pro-Union Move Has Some Conservatives Sounding The Alarm 2026-06-03 [Daily Wire]
Unions flex muscle as states weigh data center rules 2026-06-03 [Politico]
UAW strike against GM axle supplier continues without talks, union official says 2026-06-03 [Reuters]
AFL-CIO Reacts to Placement of United States on ITUC Global Rights Watchlist 2026-06-02 [AFL-CIO]
Republicans floating appalling farm worker legislation. Sign our petition! 2026-06-02 [UFW]
United States added to Watchlist as attacks on workers’ freedoms accelerate the erosion of democracy: ITUC Global Rights Index 2026 2026-06-01 [ITUC]
AFL-CIO: Popes first encyclical on AI echoes the fears and realities of working people 2026-05-31 [AFL-CIO]
24 retail CEOs made as much in a day as their typical employee earned in a year — and a big one didn't 2026-05-31 [Biz Insider]
Worker Wins: Taking Their Destiny Into Their Hands 2026-05-31 [AFL-CIO]
The National Labor Relations Act Suffers Another Blow 2026-05-31 [OnLabor]
Republic Technicians Vote to Join Teamsters 2026-05-31 [Airline Geeks]
U.S. Employers Spent $1.7 Billion Last Year Fighting Unionization As Worker Organizing Grows 2026-05-31 [All Work]
Seven hundred volunteer editors threaten to stop maintaining Wikipedia after foundation fires community tech team during union drive 2026-05-30 [Gadget Review]
When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains 2026-05-29 [Conversation]
US Department of Labor finalizes rule protecting union workers 2026-05-29 [US D.O.L.]
MLB Players Union asks for expanded free agency, salary arbitration rights, almost doubling minimum 2026-05-28 [AP]
American Federation of Teachers advises no screens at all until third grade, and no exposure to AI chatbots until seventh grade 2026-05-27 [New York Times]
Federal workers could soon have to sign NDAs 2026-05-27 [WUSA]
Kim Kelly: Coal miners are dying, and Trump betrayed them 2026-05-24 [TRNN]
Coding was supposed to be a pathway to a high-paying job, but AI is pulling the rug out from young programmers 2026-05-24 [Am Prospect]
Jeff Bezos sends stunning message to American workers 2026-05-23 [The Street]
May Day Actions Call for 'Workers Over Billionaires' 2026-05-23 [Labour Notes]
Theorist Fans - Tell Lunar X to recognize the Team Theorist Workers Union! ActNOW! 2026-05-23 [IATSE]
NYC hotel workers ratify historic wage contract, averting strike 2026-05-23 [Hotel Dive]
Foreign students, workers will now be forced to leave US to apply for Green Cards 2026-05-23 [MEE]
US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say 2026-05-23 [CNN]
US employers spend more than $1.5bn a year to fight labor unions, report finds 2026-05-23 [Guardian]
Green-Card Update: Trump Admin Wants Students, Temp Workers to Return Home 2026-05-23 [Newsweek]
UAW urges tougher labor rules in US-Canada-Mexico trade talks 2026-05-22 [Reuters]
Nurses on Ebola: Trumps CDC too weak to respond to outbreaks 2026-05-21 [National Nurses United]
AFGE National VA Council Celebrates Appeals Court Decision Upholding Reinstatement of Its Union Contract 2026-05-20 [AFGE]
65% of workers have avoided using AI for moral, environmental, privacy or other reasons: CNBC survey 2026-05-15 [CNBC]
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