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Starbucks Workers' Union Escalates Strike on Black Friday
Starbucks workers' union expanding its strike action to over 120 stores across 85 cities on Black Friday.
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Proposed Legislation Cracks Down on Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
Republican senators introduced legislation making hiring illegal immigrants an unfair labor practice under NLRB jurisdiction and prohibits unions from organizing undocumented workers
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Santa Fe Becomes First US City to Tie Minimum Wage to Housing Costs
Santa Fe, New Mexico, became the first city in the United States to directly link minimum wage increases to housing affordability
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OPM Directs Federal Agencies to Reduce Senior Executive Staffing
The Office of Personnel Management issued a November 24, 2025 memo directing federal agencies to assess and reduce their staffing allocations for senior-level positions by December 19, following the Trump administration's reduction of more than 317,000 federal employees during 2025.
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Taylor Farms Fined $1.1 Million After Worker Dies in Machine Cleaning Accident
OSHA fined Taylor Farms New Jersey $1,125,484 for willful and repeated safety violations after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning a machine at the company's Swedesboro facility in May 2025, with failures in lockout/tagout procedures cited as the primary cause.
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"Union Trigger Laws" to Protect Workers if Federal Labor Law
New York, California, and Massachusetts are enacting or debating "union trigger laws" that would automatically activate state-level collective bargaining protections if the National Labor Relations Act is struck down or ceases to be enforced.
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Boeing St. Louis Machinists End 15-Week Strike
End of a contentious 15-week strike by Boeing machinists in St. Louis
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House Majority Forces Vote to Restore Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Rights
A bipartisan bill, the Protect America’s Workforce Act put to a full house vote.
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IAM Union Urges Congressional Support for Restoring Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining
The International Association of Machinists wrote to all members of Congress urging support for the Protect America's Workforce Act, which would restore collective bargaining rights to federal workers affected by Trump's March executive order.
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Bipartisan Discharge Petition Forces House Vote on Federal Worker Bargaining Rights
A discharge petition for H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, reached the required 218 signatures on November 18, 2025, forcing the House to bring the bill forward for consideration.
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Illinois Expands Workplace Protections for Immigrant Workers
The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 2339, expanding the state's Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to protect immigrant workers from termination based on document mismatches and granting unions standing to enforce violations.
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United Steel Workers Union Elects First Female President
Roxanne Brown has been elected as the new President of the United Steelworkers Union (USW).