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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Starbucks workers in 60-plus cities are on strike for a fair contract! Baristas at corporate stores are fighting for better pay, fair scheduling and respect on the job. We stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers.

No Contract, No Coffee

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26 Oct, 2021

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26 Oct, 2021

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Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes

Workers at companies like Kellogg’s, Nabisco and John Deere have hit the picket lines in recent weeks hoping to get a better deal from their employers. A new survey suggests the public by and large supports them.

Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes

18 Oct, 2021

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18 Oct, 2021

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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses.

Instead, he voted to go on strike.

Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

18 Oct, 2021

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18 Oct, 2021

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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result.

The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle.

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

23 Sep, 2021

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23 Sep, 2021

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20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

Twenty years ago today, on a Sunday afternoon in Brookwood, Alabama, 32 coal miners descended 2,000 feet below the ground into the Jim Walter Resources Blue Creek No. 5 Mine for a routine maintenance check.

20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

20 Sep, 2021

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20 Sep, 2021

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We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs

Flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport recently, I spotted the ramp workers on the tarmac, busily unloading bags and doing safety checks on the plane in 115 degree heat.

We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs

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Austin Central Labor Council 2026 General Election Endorsements

16 union-first candidates on November ballot chart a new path for Texas politics

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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes

Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs

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Do You Have a Vote 2026 Plan? What Working People Are Doing This Week - Oct 21

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond Speaks at Charlotte Canvass Launch with Roy Cooper and SEIU Leaders - Oct 21

Labor Votes: In the States Roundup - Oct 20

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: President Shuler Joins Arizona Union Members for Tucson Canvass - Oct 20

‘Union Contracts Raise Pay for Workers’: The Working People Weekly List - Oct 19

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nurses in Wichita Ratify New Contract - Oct 19

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Houston Symphony Musicians Ratify New Four-Year CBA - Oct 16

Worker Wins: A Safe and Secure Workplace - Oct 15

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Philz Coffee Workers in California Join UFCW - Oct 15

Building Tomorrow Together: What Working People Are Doing This Week - Oct 14

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PETITION: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers

Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes

Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs

AFL-CIO News Feed

Do You Have a Vote 2026 Plan? What Working People Are Doing This Week - Oct 21

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond Speaks at Charlotte Canvass Launch with Roy Cooper and SEIU Leaders - Oct 21

Labor Votes: In the States Roundup - Oct 20

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: President Shuler Joins Arizona Union Members for Tucson Canvass - Oct 20

‘Union Contracts Raise Pay for Workers’: The Working People Weekly List - Oct 19

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Nurses in Wichita Ratify New Contract - Oct 19

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Houston Symphony Musicians Ratify New Four-Year CBA - Oct 16

Worker Wins: A Safe and Secure Workplace - Oct 15

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Philz Coffee Workers in California Join UFCW - Oct 15

Building Tomorrow Together: What Working People Are Doing This Week - Oct 14