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On Staten Island, it made all the difference that the union was independent and led by workers from the warehouse, not managed by a large, outside organization.

After the stunning victory at Amazon by a little-known independent union that didn’t exist 18 months ago, organized labour has begun to ask itself an increasingly pressing question: Does the labour movement need to get more disorganized?

Attacker slashes man with box cutter after getting into an argument over a seat on a NYC subway.

WASHINGTON —With the Senate poised to vote on Democratic President Joe Biden’s nomination of federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, 27 union leaders, led by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, urged lawmakers to elevate the judge to the nation’s highest bench.

As Jeff Bezos dreams of rocketships and outer space, theres labor trouble brewing at Earths biggest store.

Heavy cargo truckers in Peru blocked highways over surging fuel prices while a threatened walkout by 1,300 workers at the Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah was averted after union rammed through a last-minute deal.

Workers at two Maximus federal call centers in the U.S. South held a one-day strike March 23 to demand better treatment from the company, better health care coverage and higher wages. The walkouts, involving Black women and other people of color — the majority of call center workers — took…

Recognizing 50 remarkable women who are improving New York.

Labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s – with special urgency, as a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy

Activision Blizzard workers protest end of vaccine mandate