325 articles· Covering labor news, worker rights, and workplace policy
Union OrganizingVirginia Governor Abigail Spanberger vetoed mandatory public sector collective bargaining legislation this month, according to Reason, breaking with union allies who backed her 2025 campaign after the Democratic-controlled legislature rejected her amendments weakening union protections and giving re
Workers & the EconomySalting, the practice of trained union organizers taking jobs at non-union workplaces to build support from the inside, drove the first successful Starbucks organizing campaign in decades.
Union OrganizingUnited Automobile Workers Local 4811 added 12,000 University of California employees to its membership rolls, according to The Daily Californian, bringing the union's total membership to 60,000 across all UC campuses. The expansion incorporates Student Services and Advising Professionals and Researc
Healthcare & LaborAnti-union law firms, third-party persuader consultants, and employer-run internal campaigns form the three pillars of a $1.7 billion annual industry dedicated to stopping workers from organizing.
Workplace SafetyFederal workplace safety enforcement in West Virginia relies on six inspectors to oversee 60,000 workplaces, according to the WV Gazette-Mail, a staffing shortage that came into focus after two workers died in April 2026 at a chemical facility that had not been inspected in eight years despite prior
Dane County Board members introduced an amendment Thursday to raise the county's living wage from $11.66 per hour to $15 by 2023, with annual inflation adjustments thereafter, according to madison.com. The proposal would cover county employees and government contractors.
Civil Rights at WorkArchitectural Workers United announced its affiliation with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in 2021, then set a goal no design-profession campaign had attempted: organizing enough private-sector architecture offices to form a self-sustaining local lodge with shared
Workers & the EconomyForty-four percent of newly certified unions between 1999 and 2004 never reached a first contract, according to a study of more than 8,000 successful elections by sociologist John-Paul Ferguson. The election was the easy part.
New York home care workers announced Friday they will launch a second hunger strike to pressure the city council into voting on legislation that would end the practice of requiring 24-hour shifts while paying workers for only 13 hours, according to The Guardian.
Long Island Rail Road service stopped at midnight Saturday after contract negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and five unions representing more than 3,500 rail workers collapsed over wage increases and health care cost disputes, according to ABC News. Nearly 300,000 daily
Labor Policy & LawBA Union, formed in 2022 at Bernheimer Architecture in New York, remains one of fewer than five unionized private-sector architecture firms in the United States.
Long Island Rail Road workers represented by five unions walked off the job early Saturday morning after contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority collapsed, halting service for approximately 250,000 daily commuters on North America's busiest commuter rail system, accordin
