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Don’t Panic, Organize!
By Debby Szeredy, Executive Vice President APWU At the People’s March in Washington, DC on Jan. 18, 2025, I took a photo of the sign below that was clear and to the point! “Big Fish” corporations and the billionaires trying to run our country have an open path to...
Chatbots: The New Frontline of Union Busting
The fight to limit worker rights has found a new battleground: social media. While platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit have long served as organizing hubs for many movements including unionization efforts, corporations have turned to weaponizing artificial...
NABTU Sues Administration Over Attempts to Sidestep PLA Requirements
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, and Cabinet Members, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Services Administration acting administrator Stephen Ehikian for their role in...
Democratic, Republican Lawmakers Call on Trump to Repeal Order Stripping Feds of Collective Bargaining Rights
Reprinted with permission from AFGE Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling on President Trump to rescind his illegal executive order stripping federal workers of their collective bargaining rights under the guise of national security. A group of seven...
Federal Employee Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Curtailing Collective Bargaining
In a major legal confrontation with the Trump Administration, several federal employee unions have filed a lawsuit challenging a March 27 executive order that significantly restricts collective bargaining rights at 18 federal agencies. Citing national security...
