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View of hundreds of people, a section of a giant march, filling an Italian street. Some marchers carry a huge red banner "FIOM-CGIL Bologna," some carry union flags or Palestinian flags, and one carries a handmade sign that says "Palestina Libera" with the flag and hearts. Mouths are open to sing or chant. Picturesque columns along the street. Marchers are diverse in race and gender.

Millions of Italians Join General Strike for Gaza

Oct 9 / Leopoldo Tartaglia
A crowd with UAW signs gathers outside a union hall for a rally.

Labor Needs an Independent Political Program, Says UAW’s Fain

Oct 8 / Jenny Brown
A group of Black men in hi viz green shirts hold signs saying “City workers demand family supporting wages”

The Biggest Bargaining Mistake Unions Are Making in 2025

Oct 6 / Richard de Vries
Several workers with signs march towards the camera. Some say “Hands Off” our workers, our union, Social Security and other items

‘Willingly Forgoing Paychecks’: Federal Workers Support Shutdown Fight

Oct 1 / Jenny Brown
A large group wearing red with banners and signs and flags pose for the camera

Wells Fargo Workers Push to Bring A Union to the Banking Industry

Sep 23 / Dan DiMaggio
Several people cheer while holding signs. One has a drawing of a dumpster on fire, “Courtesy of Lee Zeldin”

Federal Workers Declare Five-Alarm Fires at Agencies

Sep 23 / Jenny Brown

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Siemens workers pose in front of the factory in the dark behind a blue banner that says Siemens Workers United.

Our Siemens Union Drive Lost. But We Need More Like It.

Oct 14 / Kyle Loewen
A man and a woman hold signs saying “no NLRB, no voice” with the columns of a government building behind them

Viewpoint: Attacks on U.S. Labor Rights Should Be an International Scandal

Oct 9 / Benjamin Dictor

River Valley Co-op Workers Opened up Bargaining—and Won Big

Oct 2 / Katrina Jagelski

North Carolina AFL-CIO Convention Backs May Day 2028 Plans

Oct 1 / Dan DiMaggio
A woman in a big crowd holds up a sign saying ‘hands off Medicare’

Labor Signs on to Save Medicare

Sep 29 / Rose Roach
A heart-shaped sign saying “Hands Off Our Democracy” is carried in a crowd.

We Who Believe in Democracy Must Fight to Make It Real

Sep 24 / Luis Feliz Leon

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