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Strike Halts New Jersey Transit »

May 16, 2025 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Four hundred and fifty train engineers at New Jersey Transit walked off the job overnight, after years of fruitless negotiations with their employer.
Teachers in red picket alongside a road with “Fully Staff Our Schools signs”

California Educators Sync Up Negotiations for More Leverage »

May 15, 2025 | Danielle Smith

Public school educators in 32 union locals across California are joining forces to maximize their power in a campaign called “We Can’t Wait.” It covers 77,000 educators—about a quarter of the California Teachers Association’s total membership—serving a million students.

Protesters crowd towards the camera with heart-shaped signs saying “workers unite” and “hands off our postal service”

The Government Programs They’re Axing Came from Our Struggles »

May 15, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Ronald Reagan used to say the scariest nine words were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Wait, what?
Workers in yellow shirts and rain parkas picket in front of a grocery store with a ‘stop the layoffs’ signs visible

UFCW President Steps Down, Successor Appointed »

May 14, 2025 | Lisa Xu

United Food and Commercial Workers President Marc Perrone announced his retirement May 13.
Eight people walk towards the camera, three with signs that say, “shame, Russel Vought”

How Federal Workers Without a Union Can Still Act Like a Union »

May 8, 2025 | Colin Smalley

The reality for over 1.3 million federal government workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

A rally with 30 or so people with a mixture of colorful signs, including Painters Union and a “We Want Good Jobs and Health Environments” banner

Locomotive Builders Forge Green Rail Project »

May 8, 2025 | Kari Thompson

Union workers who make diesel locomotives at a plant in Pennsylvania are pushing ahead with their campaign to manufacture more green-powered locomotives.
Bergen logistics workers and supporters gather in blue rain ponchos.

Warehouse Workers Power NYC’s Fashion Industry. Now, They’re Unionizing »

May 6, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Minutes from the high-end boutiques of SoHo in Manhattan sits Bergen Logistics’ fulfillment facility in North Bergen, New Jersey, where workers sort, package, and ship hundreds of packages a day for luxury fashion brands including Acne Studios, Kenzo, and Phillip Lim.

May Day Rallies Confront Billionaire Assaults »

May 2, 2025 | Luis Feliz Leon

Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States rallied, engaged in civil disobedience, or struck on May 1, International Workers’ Day, joining hundreds of thousands around the world.
An older person holds up a handmade orange sign saying “Hands off our Medicaid”

Viewpoint: How SEIU’s Medicaid Fight Can Shift Gears to Win Big »

April 30, 2025 | Andrew Goldstein

I’m a primary care doctor and Service Employees (SEIU) member in Doctors Council. The Medicaid cuts proposed by Trump and Congressional Republicans will hurt and kill my patients, defund our hospitals, and decimate our unions.
Five women in a black and white photo hold a sign saying “400 on strike since November 7 Our members need funds”

Labor Documentaries for May Day »

April 30, 2025 | Erik Abriss

Looking for something inspiring to binge when you get home from marching this International Workers’ Day? Check out these five classic labor documentaries, all available online for free.

Video Interpreters for Deaf Callers Are Organizing Against Burnout »

April 29, 2025 | Marina Martinez

Growing up, I never considered myself an interpreter. It was just life as the daughter of two Deaf parents, in a world where sign language was a lifeline.
View from back of an auditorium at UAW convention. People in red shirts sit in rows; one red hoodie front and center has UAWD logo on the back. Onstage, Shawn Fain is at the podium, someone in a suit stands near him, and other people mostly in red shirts sit arrayed at long tables on the dais. A big blue screen behind them has UAW logo and intials repeated, and some other images not clearly visible.

UAW Reformers Close Caucus, Launch New Organization »

April 29, 2025 | Jane Slaughter | Keith Brower Brown

Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), the reform caucus in the Auto Workers, voted to dissolve at its quarterly online membership meeting April 27.
A Black woman in a tan shirt speaks while three men, white and Black, look on.

What Do We Do Now? First, Gather to Talk »

April 28, 2025 | Barbara Madeloni

I don’t have new words for the dizzying abuses of unions, immigrants, and all working people emanating from the White House in the last three months. Like many people, I’ve been cycling through anger, despair, and dismay.
Workers in harnesses work outside windows doing construction.

Health and Safety Is on the Chopping Block and We’re Fighting Like Hell »

April 28, 2025 | Micah Niemeier-Walsh

The Trump Administration attacked the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on April 1, cutting more than 90 percent of the agency’s workforce, including me.

Lelo Juarez stands with his wife and child at a May Day march. Behind him, someone holds a sign reading "without fear" in Spanish.

ICE Can't Erase What Lelo Juarez Built »

April 24, 2025 | David Bacon

In 2022 I went to Washington State for May Day, and the following year as well. Just south of Canada, in Bellingham and Mount Vernon, Community2Community and Familias Unidas por la Justicia celebrate the workers holiday in the tradition followed by the rest of the world. They march.

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