New York, NY – At last count, the Starbucks unionization drive has spread to more than 50 stores in nearly 20 states. While AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler calls the need for
MAPLEWOOD, N.J.—“I might fire you any time for no reason,” retired postal worker Robert Galione recalls his boss telling him, in his son Jay’s documentary The Great Postal Heist, released
New York, NY – On January 30, many were struck by the tragic suicide of 30 year-old television correspondent and 2019 Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst. Kryst’s family released a statement
WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden signed an executive order Feb. 4 under which contractors on large federal construction projects will effectively have to build with union labor. The order requires all contractors
SILAO, Guanajuato, Mexico—Life is worth nothing in Guanajuato, according to Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s classic ballad. But an auto worker’s work in the state is likely to be worth a lot
New York, NY – The good news for workers struggling to become the first group of Amazon workers in the nation to successfully unionize is they’re getting another chance to vote in
Seattle, WA – January 20th’s disastrous mediation between striking concrete mixer truckers and the kingpins of Seattle’s sand and gravel industry had already hit a wall when Teamsters Local 174
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas labor unions are not in as bad shape as the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released last week made them out to be, the state AFL-CIO says.
New York, NY — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with 1.4 million members, is one of the largest labor unions in the world. It is also the most diverse union in
WASHINGTON—Union membership in the United States fell to 10.3% of the workforce in 2021, according to statistics released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Jan. 20. The union share
