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Wyden at protest: Save the U.S. Postal Service

Sep 1, 2020

Aug. 22 saw demonstrations in support of the U.S. Postal Service at hundreds of post offices around the country.

Congress to debate further COVID relief

Jul 14, 2020

A months-long impasse over a next round of COVID relief is threatening workers, businesses, state and local governments, and the U.S. Postal Service.

Labor confronts police brutality

Jun 17, 2020

Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.

National union statements on the George Floyd killing and protests

Jun 17, 2020

Many national unions and union leaders have issued statements on the police killing of George Floyd and the nationwide protests in response. Here are some of them.

Jeff Merkley talks COVID-19

Apr 9, 2020

The U.S. Senator says even the $2 trillion package Congress just passed won’t be enough to deal with the economic implosion.

Congress to the rescue

Apr 1, 2020

At 883 pages, the recently passed stimulus package is a complicated $2 trillion piece of legislation. Here are its key provisions.

Construction industry exempted in final rule on Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs)

Mar 18, 2020

After a huge union outcry, the Trump administration backed off a plan that would have weakened apprenticeship programs—in construction anyway.

U.S. House passes labor law reform

Feb 18, 2020

The PRO Act would restore the power of workers to unionize, bargain collectively, and strike.

Democrats–and Herrera-Beutler–vote to cut drug prices

Dec 17, 2019

The bill allows Medicare to negotiate with drug companies to get lower prices on insulin and single-source brand-name drugs that don’t have generic version.

Communications Workers of America is denouncing last month’s decision by the Trump Justice Department to allow a takeover by T-Mobile of its rival Sprint, which would leave Americans just three wireless providers to choose from.