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…

A union just organized a bus manufacturer across three states — including deep-red Alabama and Kentucky — and the mechanism wasn’t a string of elections. It was one agreement. Per Labor Notes, the Communications Workers organized roughly 1,400 New Flyer workers in Alabama, Kentucky, and upstate New York, then folded them into a national master…

Here’s a role reversal. In a Region 19 election, the employer asked for a mail ballot and the union demanded an in-person vote. The Regional Director sided with the employer. Foss Maritime runs tug and mooring operations out of Seattle and Tacoma. The Inlandboatmen’s Union (an ILWU affiliate) petitioned to represent a tiny unit —…

Two recent decisions, same theme: judges are done deferring to the Board. First, emergency injunctions. After the Supreme Court’s McKinney ruling, the NLRB can’t just presume harm when it asks a court for 10(j) relief. The Sixth Circuit drove it home in the Trinity Health case — the Board now needs evidence of concrete, immediate…