Articles for Organized Labor

How Trump is giving the labor movement the blue-collar blues
2 weeks ago

How Trump is giving the labor movement the blue-collar blues

CNN  

CNN — The Democrats’ last line of defense against Republican inroads among working-class voters is continuing to crumble. While Vice President Kamala Harris ran strongly among union members with a college degree, Trump’s strong showing among the blue-collar components of the labor movement illuminates how high a wall of distrust Democrats face in working class communities at the close of …

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"Full-blown panic": MAGA meltdown over Trump's "anti-conservative RINO" labor secretary pick
4 weeks ago

"Full-blown panic": MAGA meltdown over Trump's "anti-conservative RINO" labor secretary pick

Salon  

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Labor is worrying some Republicans and causing a backlash in right-wing media due to her relatively pro-union record as a member of Congress. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., the daughter of a Teamsters member, recently lost her bid to return to Congress but was named last week as Trump's labor secretary, a …

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Will labor have a place on Trump’s team?
1 month ago

Will labor have a place on Trump’s team?

Politico  

Will labor have a place on Trump’s team? — Matt Gaetz says he isn’t coming back to Congress: One day after withdrawing from consideration as Donald Trump’s attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz said he’s done with Congress. NO THANKS — Former Wall Street regulator and Robinhood Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher said today he is not interested in taking …

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Unions say building worker power is only way to defeat Trump's fascist right
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Unions say building worker power is only way to defeat Trump's fascist right

Raw Story  

The largest labor unions in the United States are ready for a fight. That much was made clear within hours of Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election, an outcome that will soon bring to power a former president who aggressively pursued anti-worker policies during his first four years in the White House despite posturing as …

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Unions to Democrats: Don’t blame us for Tuesday’s losses
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Unions to Democrats: Don’t blame us for Tuesday’s losses

Politico  

Union leaders were quick to take credit for holding the line, though they acknowledged they faced headwinds from Democrats’ overall economic messaging. “The labor movement put together probably its most expansive program overall, and it had results,” said Jimmy Williams Jr., the head of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. “There were much bigger issues afoot for Democrats …

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Weekly Shift
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Weekly Shift

Politico  

How the EEOC could change under Trump With help from Nick Niedzwiadek QUICK FIX MUSICAL CHAIRS: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took a rightward shift under former President Donald Trump’s time in office, opting for structural changes that slowed the pace of litigation and pushed the commission away from some its work on gender identity discrimination. A Republican chair on …

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Harris Is Struggling With Blue-Collar Union Members. This Union Is Doing All It Can To Change That.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Harris Is Struggling With Blue-Collar Union Members. This Union Is Doing All It Can To Change That.

Huff Post  

SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN — Flanked by several leaders of the 13 building trades unions whose members are constructing a massive artificial intelligence data center in a rural area south of Milwaukee, Mitch Landrieu, the co-chair of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and former White House infrastructure czar, had what looked like an easy task before him. But he emphasized the …

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In Michigan, Harris doesn’t get hoped-for firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties
2 months, 2 weeks ago

In Michigan, Harris doesn’t get hoped-for firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at the Redford Township Fire Department North Station in Michigan on Friday. “The vice president is proud to have the support of organized labor, including firefighters across key battlegrounds like those who joined her in Michigan Friday,” said Harris campaign spokesman Brian Fallon. She spoke after basketball legend Magic Johnson, who said …

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Teamsters union declines to endorse Harris or Trump for president
3 months ago

Teamsters union declines to endorse Harris or Trump for president

LA Times  

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has declined to endorse Kamala Harris, left, or Donald Trump for president. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate had sufficient support from the 1.3-million-member union. “Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests …

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On Labor Day, champions of working class vow to defeat Trump
3 months, 2 weeks ago

On Labor Day, champions of working class vow to defeat Trump

Raw Story  

With the Labor Day holiday as a backdrop, U.S. union leaders on Monday reiterated their message that a Democratic administration led by Vice President Kamala Harris would offer far better policies for workers than a Republican one with former President Donald Trump at the helm. Echoing Harris' resonant "We are not going back" campaign slogan, Communications Workers of America president …

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"It's designed to eliminate unions": Project 2025 lays out the GOP plan to undermine organized labor
4 months, 3 weeks ago

"It's designed to eliminate unions": Project 2025 lays out the GOP plan to undermine organized labor

Salon  

In the early days of the American labor movement, company bosses, alarmed at a surge of employees demanding higher wages and safer working conditions, cooked up a plan to hamstring their opposition. While labor advocates seek to revitalize union membership and pressure governments to pass labor-friendly policies as a means to increase workers' bargaining strength, Republicans hoping to regain full …

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Two brothers and 16 sticks of dynamite: The bombing of the L.A. Times
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Two brothers and 16 sticks of dynamite: The bombing of the L.A. Times

LA Times  

The man who would blow up the Los Angeles Times sat in a hotel room, preparing the dynamite. National ironworkers union Secretary-Treasurer John J. McNamara, left, and younger brother James B. McNamara were thought to be the brains and brawn, respectively, behind the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing. The third bomb J.B. McNamara carried toward the stronghold of Otis’ empire, …

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We Might Be 4 Years Away From A Historic May Day
7 months, 3 weeks ago

We Might Be 4 Years Away From A Historic May Day

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When the United Auto Workers successfully concluded their strike against the “Big Three” auto manufacturers last fall, the union’s president, Shawn Fain, invited other unions to lay the groundwork for an even more powerful strike on May 1, 2028. “I think it’s really a bold call for organized labor to set our aims higher than managing decline.” …

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Democratic politics and higher education: Why liberal arguments about college aren’t going to work in 2024.
9 months, 1 week ago

Democratic politics and higher education: Why liberal arguments about college aren’t going to work in 2024.

Slate  

Nearly a third of young people, according to polling done last year, now say that getting a college education is less important than it was 20 years ago. Instead, he boasted of having created tens of thousands of good-paying jobs that don’t require college degrees, and proclaimed that “unions built the middle class.” It’s a decidedly old message, but one …

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Unions aren’t swinging to the right — but they’re doing their calculus
11 months, 1 week ago

Unions aren’t swinging to the right — but they’re doing their calculus

Politico  

For now, Biden allies say they are confident the president’s pro-union bona fides will mean strong support for him as the campaign unfolds. “We just didn’t see a particular benefit for early endorsements or jumping in until we address some unfinished business with this current administration,” American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein said in an interview. “He is proud …

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Wells Fargo workers at New Mexico branch vote to unionize, a first in modern era for a major bank
1 year ago

Wells Fargo workers at New Mexico branch vote to unionize, a first in modern era for a major bank

Associated Press  

Employees at a Wells Fargo bank in New Mexico have voted to unionize, the first time that workers at a major U.S. bank have attempted to organize in the modern era. Bankers and tellers at the Wells Fargo branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico will join the Communications Workers of America’s Wells Fargo Workers United, the Committee for Better Banks said …

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President Joe Biden To Join Striking Autoworkers On Picket Line In Michigan
1 year, 3 months ago

President Joe Biden To Join Striking Autoworkers On Picket Line In Michigan

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden has described himself as the "most pro-union president in American history." “It’s time for a win-win agreement that keeps American auto manufacturing thriving with well-paid UAW jobs,” Biden said in a post announcing the visit on the social media app X later on Friday. Biden’s announcement follows UAW President Shawn Fain’s remarks on Friday welcoming the president …

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Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year
1 year, 3 months ago

Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When health care workers in California asked the state Legislature for a raise earlier this year, it seemed like the longest of long shots — especially after lawmakers in May had to loan hospitals in financial distress $150 million just to stay open. But on Thursday, just before the Legislature adjourned for the year, lawmakers voted to …

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The Left Can’t Stop Wondering Where Bill Clinton Went Wrong. The Answer Explains a Lot.
1 year, 3 months ago

The Left Can’t Stop Wondering Where Bill Clinton Went Wrong. The Answer Explains a Lot.

Slate  

Popular memory has not been kind to Bill Clinton. Exploring the “how and why” of Clinton’s supposed transmutation from progressive to centrist, the authors argue that Bill Clinton and his team were not so-called New Democrats when they arrived at the White House. Although never a New Leftist, the young Clinton was a “southern progressive” and “cautious radical,” the authors …

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Autoworkers strike would test Biden’s claim that he’s the most pro-union president in US history
1 year, 3 months ago

Autoworkers strike would test Biden’s claim that he’s the most pro-union president in US history

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — The prospect of an autoworkers strike could test Joe Biden’s treasured assertion that he’s the most pro-union president in U.S. history. “If we suffer, the American economy suffers.” Biden has built his political career around just such an argument, repeating the mantra that the “middle class built America, and that unions built the middle class.” His administration …

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From strikes to new union contracts, Labor Day’s organizing roots are especially strong this year
1 year, 3 months ago

From strikes to new union contracts, Labor Day’s organizing roots are especially strong this year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. The early-September tribute to workers has been an official holiday for almost 130 years — but an emboldened labor movement has created an environment closer to the era from which Labor Day was born. “There’s a lot of historical …

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President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs
1 year, 5 months ago

President Biden visits Philly shipyard as he courts organized labor and pushes green jobs

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Flanked by cranes and shipyard workers, President Joe Biden made the pitch Thursday that unions will be building America’s renewable energy future — a courtship of organized labor at a moment when some major unions are weighing strikes that could disrupt the growth he wants to campaign on in 2024. When asked if an autoworkers or Teamsters strike …

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Column: A Teamsters strike against UPS could remake the union movement for the better
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: A Teamsters strike against UPS could remake the union movement for the better

LA Times  

Unionized UPS workers have voted to authorize a strike if the Teamsters and the company don’t agree to a new contract before the existing pact expires July 31. She says the workforce takes pride in having kept UPS operating through the pandemic — “without us, you didn’t get food, medicine, essential stuff” — but sentiment is widespread that the company …

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Rallying With Union Members, Biden Calls Himself 'Most Pro-Union President' In History
1 year, 6 months ago

Rallying With Union Members, Biden Calls Himself 'Most Pro-Union President' In History

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden speaks during a political rally in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 17. Joe Lamberti/Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Speaking on Saturday to more than a thousand union members in his first campaign rally of the 2024 election cycle, President Joe Biden celebrated the work that he’s done to create union jobs and warned union members about the dangers of …

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