Minnesota Labor Walks Out in Mass Strike!
By Nick Prejean AFGE Member on January 24, 2026 |
Midwest
(Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) On January 23, 2026, in negative temperatures, thousands of Minnesotans turned out in Minneapolis for a strike to protest the...
Labor United Educational League Denounces the Kidnapping of Maduro
By Timothy Dirte IBEW Member on January 9, 2026 |
Featured, International and LUEL
In the early hours of Jan 3, the US government conducted an illegal invasion/attack on the country of Venezuela, kidnapping their democratically elected President Nicolas...
Statement from the Bolivarian National Union of Postal Workers of Venezuela on US Attacks on Venezuelan Sovereignty
By Worker Wire Services on January 3, 2026 |
International
To all the Peoples and Governments of the World, we inform you that our beloved homeland, Venezuela, has been attacked by air by the North...
LUEL Becomes An Associate Of The FISE/WFTU
By Timothy Dirte IBEW Member on December 26, 2025 |
Featured, International and LUEL
In late November our organization received word that the World Federation of Teachers' Unions accepted our application to become an associate organization. This is a...
RWU Lambasts Biggest Railroad Union on its Support for Merger
By Jerry Ginsberg AFM Member on December 13, 2025 |
National
On November 24, Railroad Workers United (RWU), a cross-craft inter-union solidarity caucus of railroad workers across North America, put out a statement criticizing the largest...
Largest Strike of Union Doctors
By Worker Wire Services on December 13, 2025 |
Midwest
The Union Doctors Council walked out of Allina Health clinics on Nov. 5. On Oct. 24, 10-day notice was given by The Doctors Council SEIU who voted in a...

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UE: Fifty Years Ago, GE Workers Organized the South

UE: Fifty Years Ago, GE Workers Organized the South

By UE on November 24, 2025 |

From UE News | Photo Courtesy of ueunion.org | UE News Reuse Policy On November 20, 1975, 730 workers at the General Electric turbine plant just outside Charleston, South Carolina voted to join UE, forming Local 1202. It was the…

RWU: Rail Fatality Alert! – Transtar Rail Worker Killed June 16th in AL