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U.S. union membership rose to 14.7 million in 2025 and 16.5 million workers were covered by union contracts—the highest since 2009—despite the Trump administration’s push to roll back bargaining for about 1 million federal workers; density climbed to 11.2%, and public approval for unions remains high (67–71%), signaling renewed organizing over years.
ICE’s January operation in Maine targeting suspected criminals has sparked fear and accusations of racial profiling among residents and workers, prompting protests and community support efforts, even as some officials claim the operation ended at a higher request. The controversy shapes the state’s Senate race dynamics, with Republicans hoping Collins retains the seat to keep the majority while Democrats emphasize the harm to communities and labor groups.
Thousands of union members from at least 17 Oregon groups marched from Elisabeth Caruthers Park toward a federal ICE facility in Portland, with streets blocked and traffic disrupted as police monitored the crowd. Reports described irritant gas near the site, though the Portland Police Bureau says it did not deploy munitions. Protesters expressed strong anti-ICE sentiments, highlighting labor organizing as a tool for action, in the context of ongoing anti-ICE demonstrations and related federal incidents nationwide.
Five French unions representing Ubisoft workers are organizing a coordinated international strike for February 10–12 in response to Ubisoft's 200‑million-euro cost-cutting plan and a push to end remote work, warning that layoffs and management changes threaten games and workers' conditions and calling for negotiations with leadership.
Minnesota workers and unions press major employers to oppose ICE operations, organizing a Day of Truth & Freedom and an economic blackout to demand ICE leave the state, criticizing corporate silence and highlighting disruptions to construction and business as protests target companies like Target, Hilton, and DR Horton.
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is broadening Friday’s economic blackout in Minnesota against ICE operations into a nationwide action, with planned protests in several major U.S. cities as labor and faith groups express solidarity over immigration enforcement and related concerns; Minnesota AFL-CIO endorsed the day of action and dozens of local workplaces plan to close while communities call for ICE to stand down.
A broad coalition of labor, community, and faith groups in Minnesota plans a statewide Jan. 23 shutdown demanding ICE removal from the state, spurred by federal raids and the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, with a Truth and Freedom march and broad union support.
Labor unions, faith groups and community leaders in Minnesota are organizing an 'economic blackout' to protest a surge of ICE enforcement and mourn Renee Good. Organizers urge people to skip work, shopping, and school as roughly 3,000 federal agents operate in the state and more than 2,400 people have been arrested, with a 2 pm downtown march and rally planned in Minneapolis.
A proposed one-time wealth tax on California billionaires is squeezing the state’s Democratic coalition, straining unions and top donors while pitting Gov. Gavin Newsom against the measure. Some prominent Democrats and labor leaders back the idea as a tool to curb inequality, while others fear economic disruption and political backlash that could affect national and 2028 races. The proposal faces signature collection for the November ballot amid warnings of capital flight and revenue shortfalls, underscoring a high-stakes fight over how far the party should go to tax the ultra-wealthy.
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked off across New York City's top hospitals, marking the city’s largest nurses’ strike in decades and testing staffing at facilities such as NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore, and Mount Sinai. As the second day of action continues, Mount Sinai says cracks are appearing in the nurses’ resolve while unions allege three nurses were illegally fired before the strike as intimidation, highlighting disputes over staffing and pay and potential impacts on patient care.
Thousands of nurses walked off the job at several major New York City hospitals, disrupting patient care as unions press for better pay and conditions and hospital administrations scramble to ensure staffing levels.
Major labor unions are divided over the approach to ending the government shutdown, with some supporting a clean funding bill and others backing the Democratic strategy, highlighting internal disagreements within the labor movement amid ongoing political standoff.
A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown, citing likely legal violations and political motivations, as labor unions challenge the layoffs and cuts to social programs amid ongoing political negotiations.
Labor unions in California have donated over $23 million to support Proposition 50, a measure aimed at redrawing congressional districts to favor Democrats and potentially control the House, amidst a broader political battle involving major national figures and significant campaign funding from both sides. The measure's outcome could influence national political control and is heavily influenced by union interests and prominent Democratic donors, with opposition mainly from Republican-aligned groups.
Major US labor unions are organizing nationwide protests called 'No Kings' to oppose policies they see as unjust, including Medicaid cuts and immigration raids, emphasizing the importance of a voice in democracy and labor rights, with historical parallels to civil rights struggles.