labor unions

Trump fires EEOC and labor board officials, setting up legal fight

1:51pm January 28, 2025

President Trump fired two Democratic EEOC commissioners and an NLRB board member, hobbling two independent agencies that are tasked with enforcing worker protections.

Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board

5:00am November 18, 2024

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

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Boeing union is set to vote on a new contract deal, possibly ending strike

1:02pm October 19, 2024

The latest proposal includes a 35% general wage increase over four years — bringing it closer to the union's original ask for 40%. Boeing previously offered a 25% raise over the life of the contract.

Trump gutted federal employee unions. They believe he'd do it again

5:00am August 15, 2024

Federal employee unions are fervently supporting Kamala Harris for president, in part because they like her pro-labor policies, but just as much because they fear a second Trump term.

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Dartmouth Big Green gather for a team talk during their game against Columbia Lions in their NCAA men's basketball game on February 16, 2024 in New York City.

Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports

4:32pm March 05, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.

Dartmouth forward Cade Haskins (center) stands with SEIU President Mary Kay Henry (in purple blazer) and members of SEIU Local 560, the Dartmouth College Employees' Union. Haskins and his teammates are expected to vote soon on whether to join Local 560.

An earthquake for college sports? Dartmouth basketball union election set for March 5

6:06pm February 09, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

The Dartmouth men's basketball team could become the country's first unionized team in college sports. The union campaign drew inspiration from labor activism in the dining hall.

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Striking Kaiser Permanente workers on the picket line in front of a hospital in Vallejo, Calif., on Oct. 6. A deal to avert another strike came together Friday.

Health & Safety

After historic strike, Kaiser Permanente workers win 21% raise over 4 years

8:12pm October 13, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The health care giant and the coalition of unions that walked out for three days earlier this month announced a contract deal that averts another strike.

Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union are seen on a Labor Day parade float, Sept. 4, 1961. While many may associate the holiday with major retail sales and end-of summer barbecues, Labor Day's roots are in worker-driven organizing.

Politics & Government

Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike

11:07am September 02, 2023

by Ron Elving

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

Antwon McGhee is one of about 500 Warrior Met Coal miners in Brookwood, Ala., who have been on strike for 20 months.

National

Alabama coal miners begin their 20th month on strike

5:02am December 01, 2022

by Stephan Bisaha

The miners have survived more than 600 days on the picket line, thanks to widespread support and anger at their employer, Warrior Met Coal. Even now, neither side seems ready to budge.

Roadway mechanic Reece Murtagh voted no on the tentative agreement. He feels it falls far short of what workers deserve in the wake of the pandemic.

National

As holidays near, a nationwide rail strike is still on the table. Here's the latest

6:40am November 17, 2022

by Andrea Hsu

So far, three of 12 unions representing freight rail workers have rejected the contract deal brokered by the Biden administration in September. Those unions are holding out for paid sick leave.