Petitions from workers seeking union representation doubled during President Joe Biden’s presidency, compared with the numbers during Donald Trump’s term as president, according to new figures released by the National Labor Relations Board.


More than 4,000 hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip reached a tentative contract with the Venetian Resort Las Vegas, the latest in a string of recent union victories for over 40,000 hospitality workers on the Strip.


The United Auto Workers filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the former president advocated for firing striking workers in a live-streamed interview on the social media platform X.

Performers and instructors at the New York City location for Second City, the renowned comedy theater group that has launched the careers of many famous comedians and actors, have chosen the UFT as their bargaining agent, the union announced in May.

The attempt by the United Auto Workers union to gain a stronger foothold in the politically conservative South faltered in mid-May when workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Alabama, voted against joining the union.

Performers who play characters like Mickey Mouse and Goofy at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California voted overwhelmingly in May to join the Actors’ Equity Association.