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Energy sector unions are often portrayed as aligned with employers against climate policy, yet the fault lines in job creation reveal deeper labor-employer cleavages.

Working families across Texas face rising risks from unchecked data center growth as big corporations shape policy while communities foot the bill.

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Federal agents spied on Minnesota unions and progressive groups protesting immigration crackdowns, a direct response to elites redirecting class anger...

• State bills await Governor Hochul's signature after 2026 session, targeting employment protections
• Tipping rules doubled pay for delivery workers,...

Companies cry labor shortage while posting $15-an-hour jobs and stripping benefits, but workers simply refuse poverty wages and disrespect. The real shortages are in pay, training, and basic decency.

At the UAW union hall in Lordstown, a coalition of local unions convened a Working Class Town Hall to confront threats to healthcare and Social...

DNC consultants torpedoed Francesca Hong's strong grassroots campaign with last-minute fearmongering ads, handing a narrow loss despite her...

U.S. liberals are criticized for ignoring working-class struggles as the gap between college-educated and non-college-educated workers deepens political and social divisions.

Nearly 4 in 5 adults name high premiums or out-of-pocket costs as healthcare's biggest problem, crossing party lines.

• Corporate influence blocks...

Progressives are scoring primary victories by mobilizing grassroots support around economic anxiety and workers' needs.

• DSA-backed wins in Michigan...

Educators like Jeff Freitas reveal how labor rights must protect all workers, as past ballot measures threatened gay teachers with job loss and...

Elon Musk pocketed $158.3 billion last year—2.5 million times the median Tesla worker's $57,243 salary—while earning that annual pay every 4.23...

USMCA labor protections—including the Rapid Response Mechanism that has delivered real wins for Mexican workers—now face uncertainty after the U.S....

Sam Forstag brings rare working-class authenticity to Congress as a union leader and smokejumper who fought for affordable housing, public education,...

Nobel economist Daron Acemoglu ties the left's loss of working-class support to a broader crisis in American politics, stressing that shared...

The Federated Press showed how rank-and-file storytelling can challenge elite control of information.

• FP ran daily news sheets from 1920-1956 using...

Despite a 4.1% unemployment rate, other signals reveal a softening job market for working people.

• Wage growth and labor costs are easing as...

San Mateo County's push for the first US humanoid robot permits prioritizes labor safeguards and safety over unchecked corporate automation.

• Job...

Republicans hail their Medicaid reforms as lowering healthcare prices by 3.5% by 2034, yet the bill slashes $1 trillion from the program over a...

New polling reveals voters increasingly see billionaires as exploiters of working people, not self-made innovators.

• 53% believe billionaires gained...