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Flight attendants vow to fight as gov’t, Air Canada try to crush strike

August 18, 2025 Lev Koufax
The federal government of Canada thought the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike was over on the afternoon of Aug. 17, when it ordered 10,000 striking flight attendants and cabin crew members back to work.  The […]
Federalworkers
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SCOTUS to workers: drop dead — Trump’s layoffs can proceed

July 12, 2025 Lev Koufax
On July 8, the Supreme Court rubber-stamped another one of Donald Trump’s fascist policies. This time, the Court lifted all judicial holds on the implementation of Trump and DOGE’s massive layoffs of federal workers.  Seventeen […]
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Labor leader faces prison after standing up to ICE

June 9, 2025 Cheryl LaBash
Unions rally for arrested leader In Washington, D.C., workers rallied across from the Justice Department on June 9 as part of national protests to end deportation raids and to free arrested California union leader David […]
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Locomotive engineers shut down New Jersey Transit

May 17, 2025 Stephen Millies
May 16 — Four hundred fifty members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen went on strike at 12:01 a.m. today against New Jersey Transit. The railroad workers, who belong to the International Brotherhood […]
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Postal workers nationwide rally against privatization of USPS

March 26, 2025 Sharon Black
Postal workers across the United States held rallies on March 23 to speak out against ongoing proposals to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Organized by branches of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), […]
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Trump-Musk regime revokes union rights for 47,000 TSA workers

March 14, 2025 Lev Koufax
The Trump administration announced on March 10 that 47,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers would no longer have collective bargaining rights. The vast majority of these workers perform passenger screening and other security responsibilities at […]
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AFGE is under a MASSIVE attack

March 4, 2025 David Gonzalez
David Gonzalez, National Vice President of District 2 AFGE representing federal workers in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, discussed the Trump/Musk DOGE assault with the Teamster National […]
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From Black Reconstruction to Elon Musk: A Black Labor History Perspective

February 27, 2025 Clarence Thomas
The following text is based on a talk given by Clarence Thomas, a third-generation retired member of ILWU Local 10, on a podcast for the Teamster National Black Caucus (TNBC) co-hosted by Richard Hooker, Secretary-Treasurer, […]
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Swedish unions and ILWU Local 10 in solidarity with fired worker over Israeli arms embargo

February 19, 2025 Struggle - La Lucha
Take Action Now! The dismissal of Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) spokesperson and national deputy chair Erik Helgeson is a blatant act of retaliation for the union’s legally-sanctioned boycott of military cargo to and from Israel. […]
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Federal workers’ unions hold the line against Trump

February 14, 2025 Lev Koufax
Attack on federal workers is an attack on all workers The Trump-Musk axis has never been shy about the fact they wanted to bust up federal organized labor.  The Trump campaign made a lot of […]