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Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights [Human Rights Watch] 2025-05-12

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them [WGCU] 2025-05-11

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them [WGCU] 2025-05-11

Federal workers spoke to reporters after DOGE fired them. Now they face investigation [CBS] 2025-05-10

Higher education under attack - Randi Weingarten [Education International] 2025-05-08

Defending democracy: how U.S. public service workers fight back [EPSU] 2025-05-07

AFGE president says downsizing after Trump’s order threatens the union’s survival [CITY] 2025-05-06

Educators and allies turn out in force on May Day to demand dignity, safe schools, and a fairer future [Education International] 2025-05-06

22,000 Entertainment Workers Have Unionized in 2 Years Since Writers Guild Strike [Payday Report] 2025-05-03

May Day: protesters rally across US over workers’ and immigrants’ rights [Guardian] 2025-05-02

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Trump pick for OSHA sparks fears 2025-05-15 [The Guardian]

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas strike over new dress code 2025-05-15 [AP]

COSATU notes with bewilderment the klein trek by 49 compatriots to the US 2025-05-13 [COSATU]

Unifor Aerospace Council statement on U.S. national security investigation into imports of commercial aircraft and jet engine parts 2025-05-13 [Unifor]

Locomotive Builders Forge Green Rail Project 2025-05-13 [Labour Notes]

UFCW President Stepping Down, Successor to Be Appointed This Week 2025-05-13 [Labour Notes]

Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights 2025-05-12 [Human Rights Watch]

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them 2025-05-11 [NPR]

New committee launches for female health and safety 2025-05-11 [IAFF]

USPS’ new postmaster general is a FedEx board member and former Fortune 500 CEO. But union leaders say he’s the ‘last type of person’ who should be in charge 2025-05-11 [Fortune]

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them 2025-05-11 [WGCU]

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them 2025-05-11 [WGCU]

Federal employee unions fight for survival as Trump tries to eviscerate them 2025-05-11 [WGCU]

Federal workers spoke to reporters after DOGE fired them. Now they face investigation 2025-05-10 [CBS]

The Overwatch 2 Team At Blizzard Just Unionized, The Second Wall-To-Wall Union At Blizzard 2025-05-10 [WCCFTech]

Judge orders temporary halt to Trump administration's government overhaul 2025-05-10 [Reuters]

DOL Will Reverse Course on Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule 2025-05-10 [Lexology]

Sheet Metal Leaders Call for Tax Cuts to Tamp Down Tariffs’ Impact on the HVAC Industry 2025-05-10 [ACHR]

Complaints allege bias, hostility toward Jewish members of legal union 2025-05-10 [JNS]

Higher education under attack - Randi Weingarten 2025-05-08 [Education International]

Film workers on both sides of the border would be hurt by proposed Trump movie tariffs 2025-05-08 [rabble]

UAW leaders in Michigan break with Fain on tariffs against Canada 2025-05-08 [CBC]

Grocery Workers vs Goliath 2025-05-08 [In These Times]

Young workers were poised to graduate into a promising labor market, but Trump policy actions could unravel progress 2025-05-07 [EPI]

Defending democracy: how U.S. public service workers fight back 2025-05-07 [EPSU]

As Trump Pushes Privatization of USPS, Amazon May Be Preparing to Take Over 2025-05-07 [Truthout]

ICE Targets NY Farmworkers Union Leaders - SEIU 1199 Prez Ousted - 4th Alamo Cinema House Unionizes 2025-05-07 [Payday Report]

Judge bars Trump administration from shrinking agencies that fund libraries, settle labor disputes 2025-05-07 [Daily Sitka Sentinel]

Arms and L’eggs: Workers Organize Around Job Ailments 2025-05-07 [In These Times]

Teamsters Union Supports Trump’s Proposed 100% Tariff on Foreign-Made Movies 2025-05-07 [Media Play News]

United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive As American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability 2025-05-07 [Eurasia Review]

Teamster's statement on President Trump's union-job protecting film industry tariffs 2025-05-07 [International Brotherhood of Teamsters]

IATSE Is “Engaging” With Trump On Movie Tariff Proposal, But Insists Federal Solution To Runaway Production Must “Do No Harm” To International Territories 2025-05-06 [Deadline]

AFGE president says downsizing after Trump’s order threatens the union’s survival 2025-05-06 [CITY]

AFGE president says downsizing after Trump’s order threatens the union’s survival 2025-05-06 [CITY]

Who Benefits If Tariffs Create Auto Jobs? Nonunion States 2025-05-06 [Bloomberg]

Educators and allies turn out in force on May Day to demand dignity, safe schools, and a fairer future 2025-05-06 [Education International]

SAG-AFTRA statement on President Trump's plan for entertainment industry 2025-05-05 [SAG-AFTRA]

 VIDEO  University of California system appoints new president, sparking criticism from labor union 2025-05-05 [KCRA]

Mass resignations at US Department of Labor, with more cuts to come 2025-05-04 [The Guardian]

What 5,300 Voters Told Us About the Fractures in Trump’s Base in Competitive States and Districts 2025-05-03 [Working Am -- AFL-CIO]

22,000 Entertainment Workers Have Unionized in 2 Years Since Writers Guild Strike 2025-05-03 [Payday Report]

Judge Blocks Trump Order Ending Union Protections for Federal Workers 2025-05-03 [CLC -- AFL-CIO]

Call from Gaza Unions to US Workers: Put Your Solidarity Into Action to Stop the Genocide 2025-05-02 [General Federation of Trade Unions - Gaza / The Bullet]

A May Day Meditation on the Need for Strikes 2025-05-02 [The American Prospect]

Union Workers Turn on Trump Tariffs: 'Direct Attack on the Working Class' 2025-05-02 [MSN]

May Day: protesters rally across US over workers’ and immigrants’ rights 2025-05-02 [Guardian]

Trump's attack on federal unions a ‘test case’ for broader assault, warn lawyers 2025-05-01 [The Guardian]

Commission must stand up to Trump on workplace equality 2025-05-01 [ETUC]

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