325 articles· Covering labor news, worker rights, and workplace policy
Labor Policy & LawSigned authorization cards, not secret ballot elections, are now the National Labor Relations Board's preferred method for establishing union representation. The NLRB's August 2023 Cemex decision made majority sign-up the primary recognition path.
Australia's Fair Work Commission ruled June 2 that 2.7 million workers on award wages will receive a 4.75% pay increase effective July 2026, with an additional 100,000 lowest-paid employees receiving a 6% structural adjustment, according to The Guardian. The decision affects roughly one in five Aust
Labor Policy & LawThe Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors on federal construction projects to pay locally determined wage rates. It has done so since 1931.
Workers & the EconomyCaptive audience meetings are deployed in roughly 89% of union organizing campaigns in the United States, and the data shows they cut union election win rates from 73% to 47%.
Oklahoma voters will decide June 16 whether to raise the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour over three years, a measure affecting an estimated 357,700 workers in one of the nation's most conservative states, according to CNBC. State Question 832 would increase the wage floor to $12 in 2
Labor Policy & LawAmazon warehouse workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island filed their first unfair labor practice charge months before the April 2022 election that made them famous.
Union OrganizingA National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Friday that Amazon.com Services LLC violated federal labor law by interrogating employees about union organizing and firing a worker during a campaign at a San Francisco warehouse, ordering the company to reinstate the employee with back pay.
Workplace SafetyUnions that run their own workplace safety audits catch hazards months before OSHA inspectors arrive, build airtight documentation for grievances, and shift power over working conditions back to the shop floor.
Workplace SafetyAI-powered surveillance systems sold to employers as workplace safety monitoring tools are being repurposed to track union sympathizers, suppress organizing conversations, and algorithmically discipline workers who exercise their legal right to collective action.
Union OrganizingU.S. employers spent an estimated $1.7 billion in 2025 hiring consultants and attorneys to oppose union organizing efforts, according to a study released Tuesday by union-busting watchdog LaborLab and the Economic Policy Institute, even as union membership climbed to 16.5 million workers—the highest
Civil Rights at WorkThe biggest failure in organizer training is teaching people to solve problems before they understand them.
Labor Policy & LawEvery union digital organizing platform stores names, addresses, phone numbers, employer information, and authorization signatures. A breach of that data hands management a complete map of your organizing committee. These six rules protect your members and your campaign.
