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It’s been a year since Brian Niccol took the top job at Starbucks and promised change after years of bitter fighting with the company’s burgeoning union. “I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol wrote in a letter to the union last September. “If our partners …

Unions, community groups join forces for Labor Day protests against Trump and billionaires  USA Today Workers rally against ‘billionaire takeover’ on Labor Day  KTLA ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies planned at 7 sites around San Diego  NBC 7 San Diego Rallies, demonstrations across Southern California set to mark Labor Day  ABC7 Los Angeles Here are all the ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ protest locations in …

Sharda Fornnarino is an outpatient surgery nurse at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., where she’s also local director for National Nurses United. In August, the Department of Veterans Affairs notified union members that it was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. Rachel Woolf for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR …

A couple of Designated Player debuts (as starters, anyway) that were both promising and disappointing. A crushing loss for New York City FC, another win for Charlotte FC, and Nashville SC suddenly looking lost and trying to find their way. But let’s start alllll the way at the top of the table, where the Philadelphia Union made a statement about …

Nearly 1,000 “worker over billionaire” protests are being planned in all 50 states starting this weekend as part of a Labor Day week of action organized by labor unions and advocacy groups in opposition to the Trump administration’s policies. The actions include marches and rallies in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles, a Labor Day parade in New York …

Ballots are being cast Wednesday over a pivotal decision at a Kentucky manufacturing complex that is producing batteries for electric vehicles. Workers will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers and extend a streak of union victories in the South, where organized labor struggled to find solid footing. A two-day union vote closes Wednesday, about a week after production …

Waymo has received New York City’s first permit to test self-driving cars with safety drivers. Photo by Getty Images/JasonDoiy Self-driving cars will soon be rolling through the streets of Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn under the watch of a trained driver, but the rollout has met resistance from unions who are concerned about street safety, emergency access, and future job losses. …

The Trump administration’s immigration policies are affecting workers and driving, in part, a decline in tourism, including international tourists, to Las Vegas, according to workers and the largest labor union in the state of Nevada. Visitors to Las Vegas overall dropped 11.3% in June 2025, compared to the same month last year. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors …

EPA axes contracts with unions  Politico EPA terminates federal union contracts, effective immediately  Federal News Network Trump’s environment agency terminates contract with unionized employees  Reuters E.P.A. Cancels Federal Union Contracts in Push to End Collective Bargaining  The New York Times EPA Terminates Collective Bargaining Pacts With Workers’ Unions  Bloomberg Law News Source link

President Donald Trump this week announced that he had cut a deal with Japan that would lower tariffs on Japanese cars to 15%, which was a cut from the 25% tariffs that he’d originally placed on them. However, many of the parties whom Trump claimed he was trying to help are not happy with the deal, including major automakers and …