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Unions overall are happy with Biden's pro-labor policies, but some see no need to rush an endorsement.

Public Services under Occupation Unions defend the right to energy and quality public services. Today marks the 70th day of Israel imposing a complete

The Postal Service is supposed to sustain itself with postage sales and other services, but has suffered 14 straight years of losses. The reasons include growing workers' compensation and benefit costs plus steady declines in mail volume, even as it delivers to 1 million additional locations every year.

The UAW president’s high-profile advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza renews a tradition of advocacy for peace and justice by class-conscious union leaders. And he’s not alone.

Labor solidarity with Palestine continues to grow — even in the U.S. where the leadership of organized labor has historically been pro-Zionist. Thousands of union activists and allies rallied in Oakland, California, on Dec. 16, to voice solidarity with Palestinian workers. Called by Bay Area Labor for Palestine, the demonstration…

WASHINGTON—Labor leaders from across the United States met in the capital on Thursday, Dec. 14, to demand President Joe Biden call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in occupied Palestine. Joined by Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.

A postal union and the head of a Senate committee overseeing USPS are pressing the agency for more details about its sweeping network changes.

The United Federation of Teachers completely disregarded the protest by New York City educators, instead backing the pro-war line of the AFL-CIO.

Workers World has written previously about union solidarity with Palestinian workers. (workers.org/2023/10/74274 and workers.org/2023/10/74438/) Now, more labor organizations in the U.S. and Canada have made public statements.  The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) — the world’s largest postal workers union — became the second international union in the U.S. to…

WASHINGTON—The Postal Workers have become the first big union to demand a ceasefire occur in the Israeli war on Gaza. And it demands a ban on using U.S. “tax dollars for more war.” APWU’s official stance thus puts the union in line with a growing popular movement demanding U.S.