Here’s a fight you don’t see often: union against union. Data centers are the flashpoint. The North America’s Building Trades Unions — 3 million members — are all in. They’ve partnered with OpenAI and Microsoft, and they’re fighting any slowdown. The IBEW sent members a memo last month telling them to lobby Congress against a…

The National Right to Work Foundation just filed a rulemaking petition with the NLRB, and the core idea is simple: make unions periodically prove they still have majority support. I’ve supported this notion for over a decade. Per the petition, over 90% of private-sector workers under union representation never actually voted for that union. They…

The AFL-CIO rolled out its strategy to increase union membership by 2 million workers in 5 years. Employers should pay attention. First, coordinated strikes. The federation wants to “align bargaining demands and contract expirations” to amplify collective action “at the broadest possible level.” Translation: synchronized leverage across multiple employers at once. Second, organizing around the…

The Washington Post interviewed 27 rank-and-file workers at the AFL-CIO convention in Minneapolis. Nearly all disapproved of Trump — including the 10 current or recent Republicans and independents. Most also slammed the Democrats. They didn’t swing from one party to the other. They’re disillusioned with both parties. The numbers tell the trend. In 2024, Kamala…

On June 3 the NLRB penalized two healthcare employers in the same posture: both refused to bargain with a union they didn’t think was lawfully certified. Both lost. But the two cases are a tidy lesson in how this maneuver actually works — and where it can still earn you something. First, the basics. You…

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, just reelected to a second term, pledged to unionize 2 million workers in five years. And she might just do it. In 2022 she set a goal of 1 million in a decade. Unions hit it in three. But look at the number underneath the headline. Union membership reached a 16-year…