https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-were-not-friends-canadian-union-leaders-call-out-american-counterparts/

Too many unions have responded to Donald Trump’s historic attacks on federal workers with little more than words. To beat back his anti-union assault, organized labor needs to break with decades of timidity.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5352409/trump-auto-tariffs-uaw-shawn-fain

However you read this, to me, he comes across as foolish, naive, and backward. He's acting like they are fighting in 1995, when its 2025, and the world has zipped by them, and yet none of the leadership has adapted to the modern market

Also, he's perfectly fine with high prices for his union members and screwing over foreign unions, as long as we "MAYBE" get an automated factory years later when 1000's have been laid off

Here's a question I want to ask, why are so many focused on bringing back manufacturing when we should be focused on trying to unionize what we do have? Unionize kitchens, venues, tech, etc etc. We should link up with foreign unions to expand and strengthen coalitions instead of whatever the hell this obsession is

Edit: To anyone who commented on this thinking I advocated for the exportation of jobs or read and assumed such drivel, you clearly haven't actually thought on anything said or taken the time to consider the impacts tariffs have on the entire economy, not just the auto industry

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUdBZcLtKsBOki4Dg38pjPr721rNKAyHJib0LY3FBPd13yRg/viewform

They finally posted the full for HR 2550, to nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes. (The one where he nullified union contracts for 700,000 workers) Surprisingly is short and no surprises. Check it out for yourself.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550/text

We do not support the bullshit message of our leadership that is 'Teamsters vs everybody.'

We stand with all workers everywhere! ✊️ It's the working class against our oppressors, the ruling class. 💯

Hi all!

My bargaining unit have gone over two years without securing our first contract since we unionized and we're seeking signatures to tell the board to come back to the table. In this time, our employer has hired famous anti-union law firm Littler Mendelson, directed disciplinary action at union workers and have frozen wages for over two years.

This is the link to the petition where you can learn more about this ACTION!

Your support is incredibly appreciated my union siblings. Solidarity forever!

We have a bit of a gray area in our contract, as “probationary” employees don’t have any union rights unless it relates to pay or benefits. A probationary employee is defined as “any newly hired employee, deemed to be on probation x days from their first day of work on a productive shift.” Our company is interpreting this as “we can pay trainees whatever we want” and have drastically reduced pay for new hires during their training period. While this is a gray area, our contract does list specifically who is excluded from our contract, supervisors, admin, the usual— but no where does it give managers the right to pay trainees less than what we agreed. It also bugs me that they made this change without informing union reps, we had to hear about it through the rumor mill. Is this common practice in other workplaces?

So I live in Texas about a hour away from Houston where most of the unions are located and I’m wondering if most people who work for local unions usually just travel to wherever said union hall is for the job?

Hello, I’m currently looking into organizing my workplace and was looking for some input on which union might be the best fit for my job. I work in a grocery store in NorthCentral PA. Thank you in advance

Hello, I was by my president that I wasn’t allowed to look at the bylaws. Only he is able to look at them. Is this true? There’s a lot of questions that’s going around my work and I want to get to the bottom of this

What terms are used for discussing that, if there's a certain amount of work that needs to be done, then that requires a certain amount of workers?

Ratios? Caps? Is there a broad category these fall under and vocabulary to use here? Outside of a few examples, like nurse/patient ratios, teacher/student class size caps, etc. it seems that discussion of planning what workload ratios are appropriate for U.S. worker positions has long" been discarded. We have so many workers doing 3-5 jobs by themselves or workload out of control. In workplaces where unions exist, there's more likelihood of at least *some discussion of caps and ratios, but not always. If no union, that conversation is often treated as the reason to blacklist workers as "difficult" and to fire them. To me, it seems that workload/worker ratios should be required in job descriptions and grievance if not abided by, by law at the very least. I'd have to think even if most of the U.S. workforce, especially at will workers, have had this removed from memory that it's present in union theory and politics other places. What is it called?