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Gov. Andy Beshear spoke before a joint session of the Kentucky House and Senate last night, in his third Commonwealth address. After a year of historic flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters, on top of the pandemic, the governor said his budget -- which he will reveal next week -- is focused on bolstering communities. ...

The future of the Build Back Better Act may be in doubt in Congress, but New York labor leaders say the bill would create sustainable union jobs and make key reforms to support working families. The Build Back Better Act proposes $110 billion to help spur the creation of new clean-energy technology and supply chains, such as solar and batteries. Christian Gonzalez, organizer for the Industrial Division of the Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA), said clean-energy jobs would greatly bene...

A supermajority of customer service workers, jointly employed by Google and BDS Connected Solutions, have signed union cards with a division of the Communication Workers of America, and are petitioning the NLRB for recognition..

United Campus Workers Local 3765 at the University of South Carolina won a major victory by securing fully subsidized graduate student health insuranc

The NewsGuild broke its annual organizing record with 1,542 journalists across 26 workplaces joining the union

The Build Back Better Act is on ice in Congress, but Texas labor leaders say reforms in the bill are needed to help shift Americas focus to those who made the countrys wealth. The legislation seemed poised to pass until Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., pulled his support. ...

By Danny O’Brien  Since late July, there has been an active class struggle between workers and corporate bosses at the video game company Activision Blizzard, culminating in three strikes — the third ongoing — and powerful efforts to unionize. On July 20, a lawsuit was filed against Activision Blizzard by…

A discussion paper put together by some members of the Industrial Workers of the World revolutionary syndicalist union, arguing for the organisation to build a network of militants rather than attempt to represent members. The paper was never fully finished. The early parts are finished but as the paper goes on it gets rougher and toward the end is more like notes.

Loren Goldner discusses working class and capitalist responses to the crisis since 2008.

As employees seek to retain flexible work styles, and endless scandals sink the reputation of management and HR departments, collective bargaining is back on the menu