Trump takes aim at Organized Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers don’t tell the whole story, and Jeff Bezos has another union to worry about!
Articles mentioned in this show
- Trump Ousts Top Labor Board Leaders Who Backed Broader Worker Rights
- Trump paralyzes US labor board by firing Democratic member
- Statement from Departing NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo
- BLS Union Membership (Annual) News Release
- Broken Labor Law, Corporate Union-Busting Keep Union Density Flat Despite Renewed Organizing Push, Popularity of Unions
- 16 million workers were unionized in 2024
- Professional Union Membership Grew in 2024
- Saunders on BLS Report: AFSCME is proud to have welcomed tens of thousands of new members in 2024
- Starbucks, Union Agree to Mediation to Help Get Talks Over Finish Line
- Center City Whole Foods workers vote in favor of unionizing
- Amazon Faces Union Push On Two Fronts: Its Flagship Business And Now Whole Foods
- GM profit sharing: Here’s the record amount UAW members will get for 2024
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Fifa rejects request for monitoring of migrant workers’ conditions in Saudi Arabia
- Costco raises pay above $30 an hour for many, as Teamsters threatens strike
For news on what happens at Costco when the Teamsters contract expires tonight, check in with our Labor Radio Podcast Network colleagues on Work Stoppage Tuesday!
Labor History
- January 26th, 1897 – the founding of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
- January 27th, 1850 – AFL President Samuel Gompers is born
- January 31st, 1938 – The Texas pecan shellers’ strike
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