Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
In the midst of sustained attacks on workers by the Trump administration, the nation will observe Labor Day this weekend and American workers around the country will stand together to fight for their their rights.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cancelled contracts and will no longer recognize unions representing its workers, including the American Federation of Government Employees, according to a memo obtained by the press.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Union leaders and labor advocates from across Wisconsin held a virtual press conference today to speak out against President Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
Testimony & Comments / Workers' Rights
We write in strong opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed rule titled “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,” published on April 23, 2025. Contrary to its stated intentions, this proposed rule would severely undermine the integrity and professionalism of the federal civil service by
reviving and expanding upon the discredited “Schedule F” policy from the first Trump administration—rebranded as “Schedule Policy/Career.”
Press Releases & Statements / Fairness for Workers and Communities
President Donald Trump celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office today. Since he took the oath of office, Trump has put America on the path to a recession, gutted our government’s capacity to serve the public good, assaulted workers’ rights, and punished his political enemies.
Policy Priorities / Workers' Rights
States, municipalities, and companies can protect workers who are exposed to extreme heat by ensuring that safeguards are put into a written policy and enforced. The checklist below is your tool to ensure that workers are safeguarded against the threat of deadly heat exposure. Provisions are science-backed and designed to prevent heat illness before it…
Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began laying off thousands of workers yesterday under the direction of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This was part of the agency’s reduction in force plan to fire 10,000 HHS workers.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday night that would end collective bargaining for any federal employee he determines is working on matters of national security.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Recognizing the importance of defending the right of working people to organize and form unions at this moment, U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, reintroduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO)…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Workers' Rights
Employers in the United States have a legal and moral imperative to protect the lives and well-being of their workers by providing safe and healthy working conditions. Commonsense protections such as water, rest, shade, training, and first aid procedures are crucial for meeting this central obligation to heat-exposed workers.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Today, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to develop plans—known as Agency Reductions in Force and Reorganization Plans (ARRPs)—for mass layoffs at their organizations and submit them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) no later than March 13, 2025.
Press Releases & Statements / Racial and Economic Equity and Environmental Justice
Today, the nation honors the legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a fervent supporter of unions and working people throughout his life.