New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...

There is an undeniable correlation between higher levels of unionization and stronger economic, community, and democratic outcomes. States with a larger share of workers represented by a union enjoy h...

A new study reveals that employers are spending big to maintain their dictatorial control over the workplace and crush unions. It’s a daunting amount of money, but it’s not impossible to overcome if w...

How democracy protection groups are preparing for Trump's worst.

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...

LRAN is pleased to announce a competition for seed grants ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 for those engaged in research as activists, policymakers, and academics.

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The 2026 Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) National Conference will be held in May 14th - 16th, co-hosted by Clark Atlanta University

This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing in the Trump 2.0…

When it comes to A.I., there’s a stark gap in ambition between business and labor. If A.I. ushers in a technological boom, corporations intend to use it to wage total war on labor. They will use effic...

Key takeaways: Trump has weaponized the EEOC to go after employers with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, accusing them of “reverse racism” against white workers—but nothing in the EEOC...

New federal disclosures filed this week reveal employers shelling out hundreds of dollars per hour to keep workers from organizing, from a Michigan bakery to a Texas electric cooperative to a New York...

Since more than 4,000 ICE agents descended on the city of Minneapolis, Starbucks barista Alex Rivers has tried to balance the exacting focus the job requires—baristas are expected to write on every cu...

A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people...

When it comes to reversing labor’s decline, union elections through the National Labor Relations Board have proven woefully insufficient. We need strategies for building workplace power that aren’t de...

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I reviewed U.S. union election wins during the recent federal fiscal year. What are recent labor movement trends and how has the Trump…