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Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689: “Bus Operators Advised to Stop Quoting Fare for Safety”

photo by Adam Fagen In other transit travails… From Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689: “Today, ATU Local 689 members have flyered Washington Metropolitan Area Transportatio...

KC Streetcar workers vote to unionize after record summer, expansion talks

Privately employed KC Streetcar operators, maintenance workers and maintenance technicians vote 41-11 to join Teamsters. The post KC Streetcar workers vote to unionize after recor...

August 11, 2026

Rideshare drivers nearing union certification in California; UFCW campaigns against electronic shelf labels; Teamsters support NYC delivery driver bill.

August 24, 2026

Boeing engineers and technicians reject contract proposals and authorize a strike; Ninth Circuit holds that unions charged under 8(b)(4)(D) cannot invoke the work-preservation defe...

July 12, 2026

Postal workers demand investigation into Atlanta distribution center conditions following deaths; University of Chicago Press Workers vote to unionize.

Orlando International Airport fuelers unionize seeking better pay, benefits

ILWU clerical unit organizes SSA workers in Utah office

After representing clerical workers in Southern California for decades, the ILWU Office Clerical Unit has successfully organized the terminal operator’s clerical workers in Utah as...

Union officials urge Metrobus drivers to stop telling riders to pay bus fares after driver attacked

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 leaders are calling on Metrobus drivers to stop quoting the $2.25 fare to passengers getting on board.

August 17, 2026

Tensions rise between New York City's teachers' union and City Hall; NLRB judge finds Brooklyn hospital violated labor law.

July 14, 2026

DOJ opens investigation of UAW president; LIUNA protests Pfizer building collapse; national park workers unionize

August 2, 2026

WestJet flight attendants go on strike, and the American Federation of Government Employees challenges another VA attempt to terminate its collective bargaining agreement.

New York’s organized labor looks to regroup after string of political defeats

Alexander Kemp, TWU Local 100's administrative vice president, leads a demonstration in Albany. Canvassers talking to union members this year will be taking an extra beat when...

August 13, 2026

EEOC complaint process expected to harm federal workers; former UAW leaders endorse Fain challenger; Xbox employees protest layoffs.

Blue Chip Casino slot attendants unionize, join Teamsters

The slot attendants at Blue Chip Casino Hotel and Spa in Michigan City voted to unionize and join the Teamsters.

Kansas City Streetcar Union Shares Demands

This report offers a bit more detail on the local worker struggle.Like everybody else they want higher wages, more benefits and control over their working schedule.  Here's the ov...

Kansas City Streetcar Union Fight Spurs Democratic Socialist Support

A local unionization effort has sparked a recent wave of social media celebration and low-key transit enthusiasm. To wit . . .KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN STREETCAR WORKERS DEMAND UNION R...

More Deets: Kansas City Toy Train Streetcar Desperately Seeking Union

Followup reporting featuring very friendly faces and more deets on why local transit workers want better representation than the sketchy taxing district that always finds a way to...

CapMetro workers authorize strike amid 'stalled' contract negotiations

The CapMetro workers' union announced Tuesday that 99.5% of its members voted to authorize a strike against the Austin transit provider.

IATSE Local 479 Leadership Suspended Amid Corruption Concerns

IATSE has suspended leadership at a prominent U.S. local amid allegations of corruption. Local 479, which represents more than 7,000 film and television technicians across Georgia...

July 21, 2026

Fifth Circuit transfers an Anheuser-Busch NLRB case to the Eleventh Circuit; a new report makes the case for tripling union membership.

August 19, 2026

NLRB swears in third Trump-appointed Member; Teamster file complaint against Amazon in New York; unions and college students sue Trump admin for international student immigration r...

Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall

Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest the facility’s inhumane conditions and demand the release of tho...

Denver firefighters' union sues state union, IAFF over disaffiliation, $389K dues dispute

Local 858 alleges Colorado Professional Fire Fighters and the IAFF are refusing to honor members’ votes to disaffiliate

USW Local 7-1 workers suspend picketing at BP Whiting Refinery after devastating storm

United Steelworkers Local 7-1 suspended picketing outside the BP Whiting Refinery, where more than 800 workers have been locked out for nearly five months.