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US unions step up efforts to make case that Trump is no friend of workers

Unions have mobilized thousands of members to convince them that Harris is a far better ally than Trump

The Guardian - US · Oct 8, 2024

Biden urges port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers go on strike

Strike – the first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to Texas

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2024

Atlantic City casino workers plan ad blitz to ban smoking after court rejects ban

A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

Rank-and-file union members back campaign to ditch Biden over Gaza

Wisconsin coalition of low-wage workers and immigrants push back in anger against president’s handling of Gaza war

The Guardian - US · Apr 1, 2024

Microsoft partners with major US unions to try and reassure workers on AI

Microsoft partners with the AFL-CIO in order to educate workers on AI and develop it in line with their feedback.

TechRadar · Dec 12, 2023

‘Solidarity came naturally’: why Inter Miami’s support of striking hotel workers matters

After accidentally wading into a labor dispute on a road trip, the club helped raise the visibility of workers’ struggles in southern California

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023

You’d need to work 5 lifetimes just to make your boss’s annual salary, report says

The average S&P 500 CEO earned 272 times more than what an ordinary worker took home last year, researchers found.

Fortune · Aug 4, 2023

Americans are hungry to be part of unions. So why is US labor so timid?

Support for organized labor is soaring. Yet the biggest US union coalition endorsed Biden without asking anything in return

The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023

Biden highlights solid backing from key Democratic factions

As he ramps up his reelection campaign, Joe Biden is relying on allies from across the Democratic coalition to help him win a second term.

Roll Call · Jun 20, 2023

Biden 2024 kickoff counters Trump with focus on economy, wealthy

President Joe Biden called for new taxes on the wealthy and corporations and warned Republicans would roll back policies he argued had saved the U.S. economy, setting out core themes as he kicked off his reelection campaign.

Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023