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UAW workers strike vote The United Auto Workers are redefining what is possible for US labor

With radical demands such as a 32-hour workweek, the UAW contract campaign is bringing “class warfare” back to labor negotiations. Workers are set to vote this week on authorizing a potential strike

Teamsters win their agreement: Why is it historic and what’s next?

After scaring the capitalist class with a 350,000-worker strike threat, Teamsters have already pivoted to organizing Amazon workers

Hollywood actors are on the cusp of a strike

With less than 12 hours left before their contract expires, SAG-AFTRA workers appear poised to strike unless an agreement is reached before the end of the day

Bill protecting workers against union-busting advances in US Congress

The legislation, celebrated by labor leaders, organizers, and workers, would protect the right to organize a union. Practices such as captive audience meetings that are meant to dissuade workers from forming unions will be banned under this proposed law

Hollywood writers are joining the fight for stable jobs

The TV & entertainment writers’ strike is only one example of organized labor attempting to lift the working class out of the trenches of the so-called gig economy

Why 9,000 Rutgers University workers are on strike

The labor struggle has been intensifying in US higher education, as more and more graduate workers and faculty are fighting and winning key demands

Biggest academic strike in US history continues

Postdoctoral employees and academic researchers at the University of California have reached a tentative agreement with the UC system. However, will continue the strike action in solidarity with the 36,000 graduate student employees whose demands are yet to be met

The US Senate just voted to force rail workers to work without sick days

The Senate struck down a measure that would have provided rail workers with seven sick days, already a step down from the 15 sick days they were demanding

The strike by University of California student workers is entering its third week. What’s at stake?

Over 48,000 student workers are on strike for fair wages, support for parents, job security, and more. On Tuesday, the United Auto Workers, which is organizing the students, announced that the bargaining teams for Academic Researchers and Postdocs had secured tentative agreements

“We are building a union by any means necessary”: cross-sector union launched in the US south

Workers in the Southern United States are banding together to form the Union of Southern Service Workers to fight for higher wages, dignity, and against racism

University of California workers launch largest academic strike in US history

Workers in the US continue to make waves in historically unorganized sectors such as academia and service

US rail workers’ union rejects deal, renewing corporate fear of a nationwide strike

Rail workers voted to reject a new agreement between union and employer which they allege does not change the poor working conditions, especially lack of sick days and exhausting schedules