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Mexican Union Threatens Strike at Home Depot
One of the reasons that labor groups like the AFL-CIO supported the USMCA trade deal was because of the strong labor standards in the agreement. At the time AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka touted...
Google Fires 5th Union Organizer
Google has fired another employee in their effort to stop a union. Read more below.
How Google is Union Busting
This post was written by Google Walkout for Real Change Four of our colleagues took a stand and organized for a better workplace. This is explicitly condoned in Google’s Code of Conduct,...
CWA Meets with Call Center Workers in the Philippines
In August, a delegation of CWA members went on a fact-finding delegation to investigate the working conditions at call centers in the Philippines. They connected with union leaders and activists and...
AFL-CIO to Trump: Stop Trade Talks with Philippines
In a joint letter released publicly today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Chris Shelton urged President Trump and his administration to...
Volkswagen Tries to Stop Union Election
The next step in the ongoing battle behind the United Autoworkers and VW is here as lawyers for the company are trying to stop a union election. Find out more from the Times Free Press.
What the heck is going on in France?!
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said you would have “to be deaf or blind” to not hear or see the protest movement that boiled over in Paris and across France during the past three...
Labor Activist Arrested for Investigating Ivanka Trump Freed
Good news from China as the three labor activists who were arrested in 2017 for investigating Ivanka Trump's clothing line have been released from jail.
Teamsters Call on Trump to Stop Canadian Tariffs
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters stand in solidarity with our Canadian brothers and sisters in calling for an end to the personal attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a permanent...
General Strike Begins in France
France is dealing with a nationwide transit strike, the first pushbacks unions have given to stop French President Emanuel Macron's pro-business changes.