Search results for Unions & Organizing

Staff of Gen Z-led nonprofit Youth Action Fund have organized a union

Organizers say Cap Times union campaign aligns with news outlet’s progressive heritage

Nearly 50 years after a strike that ended union representation at the Madison Capital Times, the newspaper’s eight newsroom employees announced last week they have joined a  union...

April 17, 2026

Los Angeles teachers reach tentative agreement; labor leaders launch Union Now; and federal unions challenge FLRA power concentration.

The ‘union avoidance’ industry is worth $1.7 billion. Florida union busters are cashing in.

April 19, 2026

Chicago Teachers’ Union reach May Day agreement; New York City doormen win tentative deal; MLBPA fires two more executives.

A Union Dues Rebellion in Chicago

As Contract Negotiations Drag On, Texas Starbucks Workers Have Learned the Power of Organizing

Victoria Hernandez, 23, was brought into work at the Blanco Road San Antonio Starbucks location in August 2025.  She’d begun working for the company at 17, while still in high scho...

May 1, 2026

Workers and unions organize May Day; and Volkswagen challenges NLRB regional directors.

Labor union participation is on the rise even as U.S. companies spend $1.7 billion annually to halt union formation 

Last year, Amazon reported spending $26 million on non-attorney consultants to persuade employees not to unionize. 

May 3, 2026

Florida further restricts public employee unions; Yale begins negotiations with postdoc union, and online tabletop game developers seek to unionize.

May 22, 2026

U.S. employers spend $1.7B on union avoidance each year and the ICJ declares the right to strike a protected activity. 

Activist Alert

“You can’t do it unless you organize.” — Samuel Gompers, founder of American Federation of Labor  • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at … Continue re...

Workers Voted on Decertifying Unions 1,600 Times in the Past Decade. Teamsters Are the Most Common Target.

Unionization efforts at Starbucks and Amazon get front-page media coverage. But dozens of workplaces discard their unions every year, often with little fanfare.

Massachusetts Rideshare Drivers Sign Up for Unionization – And Spotlight Potential New State Law Labor Avenues

In late May 2026, the App-Based Driver’s Union (ADU) became the first labor union certified to represent rideshare drivers in the nation. It reached that milestone using a streamli...

Building trades unions emerge as key ally of tech giants in push for AI data centers

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America's...

May 4, 2026

Trump signs order to expand retirement plan access; Eleventh Circuit upholds NLRB determination that security guard lieutenants can unionize; REI workers launch consumer boycott.

April 16, 2026

DOD terminates union contracts; building workers in New York authorize a strike; and the American Postal Workers Union launches ads promoting mail-in voting.

St. John’s faculty rally for union recognition as standoff continues

Over 100 St. John’s University faculty members and students gathered on Friday to continue protests against the university’s decision to end recognition of the long-standing facult...

April 28, 2026

Supreme Court grants certiorari on Labor Department judges' authority; Apple store union files NLRB charge; cannabis processing workers win unionization rights

Building trades unions emerge as a key ally of tech giants in push for AI data centers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create Amer...

Gewerkschaften in den USA: Klasse sucht Kampf

In den Vereinigten Staaten organisieren sich junge Ar­beit­neh­me­r:in­nen gegen prekäre Arbeit und soziale Ungleichheit – und entdecken Gewerkschaften als politische Kraft neu. me...

Gillibrand rallies with labor unions, pushes Faster Labor Contracts Act

She rallied in Rochester with Teamsters Local 118 and in Syracuse with IBEW Local 43.

April 02, 2026

Sheridan, Colorado educators go on strike; Maryland graduate student workers are one step closer to collective bargaining rights.

May 15, 2026

SEIU 32BJ pioneers new health insurance model; LIRR unions approach a strike; and Starbucks prevails against NRLB in Fifth Circuit.