1199SEIU is the biggest union in New York City and one of the most powerful in the state. But it is failing to match its progressive rhetoric with investments in minority- and female-run investment ...

The ultra-progressive union 1199SEIU preaches equality, but has been accused of an astonishing series of abuses by its workers including eye-popping claims of racism and sexism. Bosses at New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brandon Johnson, a progressive county commissioner and teachers union official, won Chicago's mayoral race on a promise to Brandon ...

While the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have justifiably taken center stage over the past few months, union organizing efforts at companies such as Starbucks and Amazon, to name a few, have ...

In September of 2013, when it was clear Bill de Blasio was destined to become the mayor of New York and not a political footnote, there were two people ready to introduce him to the raucous crowd at ...

The union wave at big U.S. retailers hasn’t yet resulted in first contracts for workers at Trader Joe’s, Starbucks and REI. But unions are proving their value in other ways. Union workers protest ...

In a generational breakthrough for organized labor and the Democratic Party’s left flank, former teachers’ union organizer Brandon Johnson was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday night. The ...