Unions rally against Trump practically EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, VW Workers in New Jersey say it’s their turn, and Trump puts an anti-union “advocate” in the Department of Labor.
This is Labor Week For March 8, 2025.
Articles mentioned in this show:
- Unions, former federal workers show out to support in DC amid sweeping government cuts
- AFT Holds 2,000 Events, Activities During March 4 Day of Action to ‘Protect Our Kids’
- Dozens protest DOGE cuts, Elon Musk’s influence outside OPM HQ
- RALLY LIVESTREAM: Reinstate NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox
- Court rules Trump’s firing of labor board official illegal, saying president is not a king
- Unions take their protest of federal layoffs to the US Capitol
- Trump To Tap Head Of Anti-Union Group To Run Labor Office
- Labor Lab – The Persuader Industry: Union-Busting for Hire
- Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights
- https://www.afge.org/publication/eliminating-tsa-officers-union-is-clear-retaliation-afge-says/
- US Agency to Cease Facilitating Easier Unionization Process
- The PRO Act returns: A defining battle for workers’ rights amid corporate resistance
- AFL-CIO and Affiliates Celebrate Reintroduction of the PRO Act
- Utah unions will attempt to repeal HB267 ban on collective bargaining for public workers
- Right-to-work legislation voted down twice in one day
- REI board blocks labor-backed candidates from ballot
- Barnes & Noble workers put it in the books with new union contracts for NYC locations in historic deal
- BARNES & NOBLE WORKERS WIN HISTORIC 1ST IN THE NATION UNION CONTRACTS AT NYC STORES
- GM-LG battery plant workers in Tennessee approve first UAW contract
- Union Drive for Volkswagen Workers Goes National As New Jersey VW Workers File to Join UAW
- Fueling unionization drive, New Jersey Volkswagen workers join UAW
- Commit to Action on March 20: Hands Off Our Public Postal Service!
- NALC – Fight Like Hell
- https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/transit-union-strike-notice-vta-meeting/3811447/?amp=1
Labor History
- March 3 – Congress Passes the Davis-Bacon Act
- A Brief History: The U.S. Department of Labor
- March 4 – Francis Perkins Named Secretary of Labor
Photo Credit: AFL-CIO
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