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WASHINGTON—Labor’s renewed activism and unionizing nationally not only wins battles for workers but also combats corporate greed and increasing income inequality, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, and Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson...

Democrats and Republicans must back the movement together, senator says ahead of Senate hearing with labor leaders

BENTON COUNTY, Wash.- According to a Facebook post made by the Benton County Sheriffs Office, the Pro-Act team has made several arrests to help lower crime rates.

“I want to stand with them and their bold struggle to actually get what they deserve,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said while visiting striking autoworkers in Wentzville, Missouri. “We need to make things in this country. We need to keep the jobs that we have, increase their wages, and we need to get more jobs back here.”

Republicans in the House, the Senate, and the 2024 presidential field are showing their support for striking auto workers in the Midwest despite the party's longtime pro-business tilt as blue-collar workers and voters without college degrees make up a bigger part of the base.

Labor unions bear the brunt of these aggressive maneuvers. How will they fight back?

The NLRB has brought 100 cases against the coffee chain over anti-union activities – but it cannot punish the company

WASHINGTON—By an 11-10 party-line vote—Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders for, all Republicans against—the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the Protect the Right To Organize (PRO) Act.

Dozens gathered in Burlington’s Battery Park on May Day to highlight the future of labor laws in Vermont and pay homage to the people who fought for those that exist today.

Gov. Tim Walz signed three progressive bills into law on Thursday designed to make Minnesota a safe haven for LGBTQ people and people seeking abortions.