Virginia lawmakers started off the 2026 General Assembly considering potentially transformative legislation to extend full and equal collective bargaining rights to all state and local government employees, including home care workers. The benefits of such a law would extend far beyond public employees themselves—improving the quality of public services, health care, education, and economic outcomes …
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U.S. House of Representatives votes to restore collective bargaining rights in rare bipartisan rebuke to Trump
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives took one of their first genuinely pro-worker actions of the year. 🎉 The House voted 231–195 to pass the Protecting America’s Workforce Act (PAWA) to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers.
A pro-worker majority is at stake in Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court election
The April 1 election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, pitting Judge Susan Crawford against Judge Brad Schimel, will have serious consequences for the state’s working families. Judge Crawford has demonstrated support of policies that raise workers’ wages and protect workers’ rights, while Judge Schimel supports policies that have demonstrably hurt Wisconsin workers and their families. …
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Biden and Trump’s record on supporting workers’ right to join unions
How the Biden administration has restored and strengthened workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining compared to the Trump administration.