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Union approval near 50-year high

The Gallup polling organization reported Aug. 28 that 64% of Americans approve of labor unions.

‘Seizing the memes of production’

A tidal wave of union organizing is sweeping online and print media.

Trump names Eugene Scalia as his pick for new Labor Secretary

AFL-CIO blasts the choice — a former WalMart lawyer and son of union nemesis Antonin Scalia.

Building trades sounds alarm on DOL apprenticeship proposal

In June, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed to give private organizations free rein to create new watered-down standards and self-certify subpar apprenticeship programs.

Democrats: Which side are you on?

Forty Senate Democrats and 130 House Democrats are committing to a dramatic re-write of America’s broken labor law.

Heart to heart with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley

Oregon millworkers son Jeff Merkley is one of labor’s most reliable champions in the Senate. I visited his office to talk labor policy — and whether he’s running for president. We also talked about immigration, climate change, trade, Medicare for All, and taxing the rich and much more.

A union-busting billionaire mulls a run for president

A Seattle-area unionist has bitter memories of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

Shutting down the shutdown

In the end, it was action by aviation workers that led Trump to end the shutdown.

Trump labor bureau appointments: Still vacant

At the Labor Department, half the top jobs remain unfilled.

Federal workers are bearing the burden of the Trump shutdown

With the partial government shutdown in its third week, an estimated 800,000 federal employees are having to cope with missing paychecks.

House Democrats plan to restore ‘Labor’ to the name of the labor committee

For 25 years, the committee's name has gone back and forth when leadership changed hands between Democrats and Republicans.

Trump to appeal ruling striking down anti-union executive orders

The executive orders are aimed at weakening federal employee union representation and making it easier to fire federal employees.

Trump denounces America’s top labor leader … on Labor Day

The tweet was in reaction to an appearance on Fox News Sunday by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

Federal judge strikes down Trump’s anti-union executive orders

The orders aimed at the federal workforce would have limited the use of “official time” by union stewards, ended progressive discipline and seniority rights, and made it easier to fire workers.

Missouri voters trounce ‘right-to-work’

The anti-union law went down by more than 2-1. Oregon unionists, acting in solidarity, were there to lend a hand.

Sinclair bid to buy Tribune collapses after ‘sham’ filing with the FCC

Unions opposed the merger because of the jobs that would be lost and because of Sinclair’s infamous record of replacing local news with national content.

Trump Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh has a long history of anti-worker rulings

The DC Appeals court judge is known in Washington as a highly partisan judicial figure with a history of one-sided rulings in favor of corporations.

Supreme Court delivers blow to union movement

Ruling 5-4 in Janus vs. AFSCME, the court says union-represented public employees don’t have to pay anything to the union.

GOP lawmakers in Michigan repeal state prevailing wage

The 50-year-old law prevented contractors from driving down wages to win bids on public construction projects.

Unions denounce move by Congress to privatize Veterans Administration

Just before Memorial Day, Congress passed a law that could lead to closure of veterans hospitals and send more veterans to private doctors for care.

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