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What Really Went Down at the Teamsters Today on TAP: Inside the boardroom, it was no endorsement. Outside, some of the board members endorsed Harris.

Taken as a whole, the priorities the authors describe are “so unbelievably anti-union, anti-worker, anti-anybody but corporate interests,” said Sharon Block, executive director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.

Ten Ways Project 2025 Could Undermine Workers’ Rights The blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term revives familiar Republican plans to weaken unions and undermine employee protections.

As the right continues to try to destroy labor laws, cases like this one just help speed up the process. https://bit.ly/3MQaQ9O

Trump judge gives the right a big win on labor law, undercutting NLRB Conservative legal movement scored a major victory Tuesday as Trump-appointed judge heads off NLRB proceedings

From day one, Vice President Kamala Harris has been a true partner in leading the most pro-labor administration in history,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “At every step in her distinguished career in public office, she’s proven herself a principled and tenacious fighter for working people and a visionary leader we can count on.”

Kamala Harris Stands with Labor Unions | Union Label and Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO Kamala Harris Stands with Labor Unions Sep 11, 2024 | 0 | Vice President Harris, now the Democratic nominee for President, has a proven track record of delivering for workers. “From day one, Vice President Kamala Harris has been a true partner in leading the most pro-labor administration in histor...

Harris campaign website now outlines policy platform, including support for the PRO Act. The page lists Harris’s economic, immigration and foreign policy agendas, contrasting each section with the far-right Project 2025 policy proposal. https://wapo.st/4cZv8bm

Harris campaign website now outlines policy platform The page lists Harris’s economic, immigration and foreign policy agendas, contrasting each section with the far-right Project 2025 policy proposal.

Amen to that.

https://bit.ly/3Ze3yUO Eos’s Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at ‘good clean jobs.’ Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing.

Workers Say Plant Eligible for $2 Billion in Public Funds Is Union-Busting Eos’s Pittsburgh-area battery plant got subsidies aimed at ‘good clean jobs.’ Its workers say they’re getting fired for unionizing.

The United States is in the midst of deep soul-searching about how to create opportunities for young people to live the American Dream without needing a four-year college degree.

Opinion | The United States needs 3 million apprentices. We’re not even close. A modest government investment could create new opportunities for Americans without college degrees.

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“With the help of the IAM Organizing Department, NFFE-IAM is growing a culture of continuous organizing and assisting NFFE-IAM reps at locations across the country,” said McCarty.

IAM Succeeds in Gaining 900 New Federal Sector NFFE-IAM Members Through Internal Organizing - IAMAW The IAM is celebrating the recruitment of 900 new National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) members from four months of internal organizing in the federal sector. “We just wrapped up our second big push of the year on internal organizing in the Federal Sector and we are very proud to rep...

https://nyti.ms/4fTi8qj This is an excellent opinion essay that argues that labor law reform should be a central part of the progressive political platform.

Opinion | In a Union Triumph, the Seeds of Future Failure The U.S. government’s arduous efforts to back the Starbucks campaign may be impossible to replicate.

https://bit.ly/3WTUphb THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT TWO ECONOMIC VISIONS. ONE WHERE FAMILIES LIVE PAYCHECK-TO-PAYCHECK, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NO RIGHT TO JOIN A UNION, A CEO'S DREAM. BUT A WORKER'S NIGHTMARE. OR AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. WHERE WE LOWER THE COSTS OF GROCERIES, PRESCRIPTIONS AND HOUSING. WHERE WE GO AFTER BIG PHARMA, CORPORATE LANDLORDS, AND PRICE GOUGERS. WHERE THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A MAN'S JOB OR A WOMAN'S JOB OR LIKE DONALD TRUMP WOULD SAY A BLACK JOB. JUST A GOOD UNION JOB. THAT'S THE FUTURE. OUR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS FOUGHT FOR. AND THAT'S THE FUTURE KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR. LET'S BUILD IT TOGETHER.

Elizabeth H. Shuler (President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, AFL-CIO) Elizabeth H. Shuler (President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, AFL-CIO)

https://bit.ly/4cEPZRm About a dozen members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) who work with AT&T Southeast went on strike Saturday on West Evans Street in Florence, after AT&T has not been bargaining in good faith, according to RC Lee, President of CWA Local 3708 Florence District.

Florence workers strike against AT&T claiming unfair labor practices About a dozen members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) who work with AT&T Southeast went on strike Saturday on West Evans Street in Florence, after AT

https://n.pr/3Xg0xlv Through a series of executive orders signed in 2018, Trump decimated the power of those unions, weakening their ability to bargain contracts and curtailing the amount of time union representatives can spend helping members with their complaints.

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

The filing is the most significant development in the strike since an administrative law judge ruled in January 2023 that the PG is breaking federal labor law in multiple ways, including not bargaining in good faith with the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh.

A start to the end of the strike? Feds file for temporary injunction to return Pittsburgh news unions to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed for an injunction seeking to have a federal court step in to end an almost two-year strike and put striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers back to work. The rare filing, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, asks a jud...

Project 2025 Exposed: Child labor and decimated unions promised by Trump’s election Donald Trump took a private flight with the head of Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, The Washington Post reports. Jody Calemine, director of advocacy for the AFL-CIO, joins Joy Reid to discuss the potential, destructive impact of Project 2025 on labour unions and the American worker.

Governor Tim Walz will be a strong partner in the Harris White House, fighting every day to improve the lives of workers in communities across America.

Gov. Walz is a former public school teacher and union member who has proven that a pro-worker agenda is a winning agenda, especially in competitive states. He has delivered on a comprehensive, pro-union legislative package and created the gold standard for state governments aiming to do right by workers.

We know Walz will deliver for working people across the country as vice president, just as he has throughout his career.

The labor movement stands united behind the Harris–Walz ticket, and we are ready to help defeat Donald Trump, JD Vance, and their anti-worker Project 2025 agenda in November.

“By choosing Gov. Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris proves that she is committed to continuing President Biden’s pro-union legacy, and the is committed to doing whatever we can to help them win this November.” https://bit.ly/3WDp9TB

GOP up to union busting again. https://bit.ly/4fus4qf

Conservative senator seeks to ban official time at federal agencies Eliminating federal compensation for unions’ time spent representing employees would shred a decades-old compromise at the heart of federal labor issues.

https://bit.ly/4caoezu Shuler slams GOP anti-worker ticket and their platform

Shuler slams GOP anti-worker ticket and their platform ROSEMONT, Ill.—Expanding on her prior attack on the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, and its extremist platform, formally Project 2025, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler directly contrasted the duo and the document with Democratic achievements for workers and labor’s strong support f...

https://bit.ly/4d0wQdw Much attention has been paid to the antidemocratic aspects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a radical playbook for the first 180 days of a new Trump term. But few have focused on its plan to kneecap unions and attack workers’ rights.

Project 2025’s Anti-Union Game Plan Much attention has been paid to the antidemocratic aspects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a radical playbook for the first 180 days of a new Trump term. But few have focused on its plan to kneecap unions and attack workers’ rights.

https://bit.ly/3Sm54zM The likely matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump for the White House presents a stark difference for voters on labor issues, especially on workers’ push for higher wages and safer workplaces.

What Does a Likely Harris-Trump Matchup Mean for Labor? | KQED The potential White House matchup between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump highlights stark differences in workers' demands for higher wages and safer workplaces.

https://betterinaunion.org/project-2025?

Project 2025 and Unions Project 2025 and Unions Project 2025 is the 920-page document by Donald Trump and his allies that spells out what they plan to do during a Trump second term.We broke it down for you: How would this agenda affect union members and working families?Project 2025 includes proposals to:Make it easier for...

One of those “cherished freedoms” most in peril is the right of workers to form unions. Trump proved to be one of the most-anti-union presidents in history. “Trump’s disdain for the American labor movement continued in the years after he left office; Chief among them is his record in sabotaging the nation’s labor movement.” https://bit.ly/3S90ftB

Project 2025 is coming for your union If Trump is elected, Project 2025 will be put into action. And included in that is an all-out attack on unions and the labor movement.

DNC War Room: Democrats host press conference calling out Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda to terminate health care, gut social security, and destroy unions https://bit.ly/4f2k5AB

DNC War Room: Democrats host press conference calling out Trump-Vance Project 2025 agenda to terminate health care, gut social security, and destroy unions Today in Milwaukee, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, AFL–CIO President Liz Shuler, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler, and Biden-Harris 2024 Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks hosted a press conference calling out Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s extreme Project 2025 agenda to rip...

Unions are more popular than they’ve been in decades, with a record high of Americans now believing they should have greater influence over the economy. Yet Trump has given no sign he would change tack from his first term when it comes to collective bargaining. Here are just a few ways Trump could squeeze organized labor once again.

They’re More Popular Than Ever — And In Big Trouble If Trump Wins Reelection Anyone who assumes Trump wouldn’t be hostile to organized labor should take a close look at his first stint in the White House.

"If there’s a heaven, the bosses better look out. Rest in Power, Jane." - D.D. Gutenplan

Project 2025 wants to dismantle workers’ rights to organize via unions and proposes that employees instead be provided a less powerful alternative called “employee involvement organizations.” Unions play a vital role in empowering workers and ensuring that employees are treated and paid equitably— limiting their power or getting rid of unions altogether would ultimately harm workers.

Three Ways Project 2025 Will Impact American Workplaces This article explores three specific ways that Project 2025, if implemented, will impact American workplaces.