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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Faced with what they call a threat to Southern jobs and “the values we live by,” six white Republican Southern governors banded together to blast and condemn the Auto Workers’ organizing drive in the Deep South—specifically the unionization vote at the Volkswagen plant i...

NEW YORK—Shakedowns, witness intimidation jury tampering, and prosecutorial fines are all there and they are barely getting underway. By Tuesday, the “Orange Man,” if he keeps it up, could be wearing an orange jumpsuit.

AUSTIN, Texas—Austin Pets Alive! workers love the dogs and cats they care for in their shelter—which is why the humans who care for them are organizing with the Machinists. They want “a real seat at the table” to advocate for the animals, not just themselves.

BALTIMORE—The most MAGA right-wingers among the U.S. House’s ruling Republicans are threatening to deep-six federal funds to rebuild the smashed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, even as two top Latino-oriented groups campaign for money to help families of the disaster’s victims.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. and AUSTIN, Texas —Just as the Moon totally eclipsed the Sun on Monday, April 8, newspaper workers in Rochester, N.Y., and Austin, Texas, eclipsed their bosses by going out on strike.

WASHINGTON—The nation’s rail unions and the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department are hailing the Biden administration’s final rule mandating two-person crews on all but a few of the nation’s freight trains.

WASHINGTON—Unions and labor activists have been warning that unless labor law is updated corporations will take advantage of the current law and its loopholes to set back progress on countless issues important to Americans.

CHICAGO – If you believe right-wing and Trump’s MAGA propaganda Chicago, by now, should be overrun with criminal immigrants creating bedlam on the city’s streets.

ENID, Okla.—A citizens movement ousted white supremacist city commissioner Judd Blevins in a recall election in Enid, Oklahoma—a city so deep red that when the local paper endorsed Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump for the U.S.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Ron DeSantis hand-picked Florida Supreme Court demolished decades of healthcare rights yesterday by ruling that the right of privacy enshrined in the state constitution does not extend to abortion, greenlighting the near total abortion ban signed last year by the right-wing G...