labor unions

38K meatpacking workers on strike in Colo.

March 21, 2026 Brittany Peterson and Matthew Brown

GREELEY, Colo. — About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants began striking Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said was the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four […]

Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for first-ever unionization

February 21, 2026 Jessica Hill

PAHRUMP, Nev.— Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state’s oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation’s first to be unionized. “We […]

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos unionized in historic labor victory

August 10, 2025 Rio Yamat

LAS VEGAS — When Susana Pacheco accepted a housekeeping job at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip 16 years ago, she believed it was a step toward stability for her and her 2-year-old daughter. […]

Amazon workers in NC vote against joining union

February 21, 2025 Haleluya Hadero and Matt O’Brien

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company’s employees to side against union representation. About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center […]

Alabama Amazon workers get third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence

November 16, 2024 The Associated Press / Report for America

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in […]

US unions flexed their muscles last year, but membership rates fall to all-time low

January 23, 2024 Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members […]

New rule would make it easier for millions of Americans to unionize, but businesses are pushing back

November 16, 2023 The Associated Press

A new federal rule that goes into effect next month could make it easier for millions of workers to form unions at big companies like McDonald’s. But it’s already facing significant pushback from businesses and […]

MOORE: The dumbest union ever

September 3, 2022 Stephen Moore

In September 2020, at the first presidential debate between him and President Donald Trump, Democratic nominee Joe Biden infamously declared, “Nobody’s going to build another coal-fired power plant in America” if he won the White […]

NC Rep Virginia Foxx joins lawmaker letter on unions illegally receiving PPP funds

April 21, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has joined other lawmakers in a letter demanding answers about unions having illegally received COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds. In the April 6 letter, […]

Amazon plans to object to union win in New York

April 11, 2022 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, New York that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history. The e-commerce giant stated its plans in a […]