The courts have cleared the way for the Trump administration to execute its assault on federal unions and workers’ collective bargaining rights. Union contracts at the VA, EPA, and Department of Agriculture have since been terminated. “An estimated 400,000 have been affected, about 2.6% of unionized workers in the US.”| The Real News Network
“The robber barons of the 19th century never dreamed of having this much power. And here we are today, potentially on the threshold of allowing a mega merger… the likes of which we’ve never seen.”| The Real News Network
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Court.| The Real News Network
In his first public interview since he was beaten and arrested by federal agents in June, David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union - United Service Workers (West), speaks about the status of his case and the roles unions must play in the fight against fascism.| The Real News Network
“Incarcerated workers are a part of the working class,” award-winning journalist Kim Kelly says. And we are “not telling the real history of labor in this country if [we’re] not focusing on the organizing efforts and the labor of people who are in prison.”| The Real News Network
“Brothers, sisters, siblings, we stand here now on the precipice of oblivion… This isn't just about fighting for better wages and working conditions… This is about who is willing to fight for life itself?”| The Real News Network
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar called the Republican budget package "one of the most cruel, immoral pieces of legislation that Congress has ever voted on."| The Real News Network
After winning a historic strike in the auto industry and being among the first major unions to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, the UAW has emerged as a different kind of political player in the election.| The Real News Network
Dozens of organizers with the Chicago Labor 4 Palestine coalition took to the streets for the final March on the DNC.| The Real News Network
We speak with UAW president Shawn Fain at the DNC about why the UAW has endorsed Harris-Walz, what is at stake in this election for working people and the labor movement, and which side of the class war Donald Trump is on.| The Real News Network
The people of Chicago respond to the DNC—the good, the bad, and the ugly.| The Real News Network
One mile from the DNC in Chicago, hundreds of University of Illinois Hospital nurses hit the picket line, saying public funds at the public hospital are being used for executive salaries at the expense of workers' livelihoods and safety.| The Real News Network
