325 articles· Covering labor news, worker rights, and workplace policy
Labor Policy & LawCross-border groups like the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras helped workers organize independent unions at Sony, Alcoa, Custom Trim, and Sara Lee plants along the Mexico-U.S.
Workplace SafetyBengaluru police filed criminal negligence charges on June 29 against a contractor, site supervisors, and Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials following the electrocution death of Gurappa P., a 70-year-old contract worker, at a Namma Metro construction site on M.G. Road three days earl
Civil Rights at WorkUnion organizing software and general digital organizing tools serve fundamentally different purposes, and picking the wrong one can expose worker data, slow your campaign timeline, and fracture member engagement.
Workers & the EconomyOrganizing committees at VW Chattanooga failed twice before the plant's 2024 election finally succeeded. The difference was structural: the winning campaign built trained leadership at a ratio of one worker-leader for every twenty-five employees, covering 90 percent of the plant by election day.
Union OrganizingMore than 400,000 workers in Greece now fall under collective bargaining agreement coverage following a series of sectoral agreements signed and extended across six industries in recent months, according to the Ministry of Labour's announcement on June 27. The expansion represents a significant incr
Workers & the EconomyWinning a union election takes weeks. Reaching a first contract takes 465 days on average, according to Bloomberg Law's analysis of federal labor databases.
Union OrganizingThe California Gig Workers Union, backed by the Service Employees International Union, has reached a significant organizing milestone in its campaign to unionize Uber and Lyft drivers across the state, though the effort may face competition from a rival union seeking to represent the same workforce,
Workers & the EconomyRank-and-file leadership development works through a three-stage pipeline: identification of organic workplace leaders, structured skills training in bargaining and grievance handling, and deployment into accountable union roles.
General Motors has deployed approximately 50 collaborative robots at its Factory Zero assembly plant in Michigan, a move that has coincided with workforce reductions affecting more than 1,000 employees, according to reports from Crain's Detroit Business. The automaker says the robots are intended to
Workers & the EconomyThe Department of Labor's National Prevailing Wage Center is processing standard OES wage requests filed in March 2026, putting prevailing wage determination processing time at roughly 3 months per case.
Workplace SafetyFall protection has topped OSHA's most-cited violations list for over a decade, and the same ten health and safety topics in the workplace appear in the agency's enforcement data year after year, accounting for the bulk of preventable worker injuries and deaths across American industries.
Labor Policy & LawThe House of Representatives passed H.R. 5408 on June 9, 2026, legislation that would impose 10-day bargaining deadlines and binding arbitration for initial union contracts, while Republican NLRB nominee James Macy advanced toward confirmation in a June 10 hearing that could shift the Board's majori
