demos.org

Building Worker Power With Public Funding at the State and Local Levels

Discover how state and local policies can effectively protect workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively. This brief examines approaches to worker protection through federal funding ...
The American Prospect

After Building Service Workers Mobilize, FTC Stops Secret No-Hire Agreements

This article is a joint publication of The American Prospect and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. Until now, ...
The Daily Illini

University building workers vote to strike

SEIU Local 73, the union representing building workers across campus, has voted to pause all work indefinitely. According to Ricky Baldwin, senior field organizer and assistant director for SEIU’s ...
Center for American Progress

State and Local Policymakers Can Raise Standards and Build Power for Workers

States and cities can advance these 21 ideas in 2026 to build worker power, support unionized workers, and uphold workforce stability and standards. American Airlines flight attendants picket outside ...
HR Dive

Building, facilities workers mobilize nationwide for better wages, benefits

Fueled by rising living costs, unionized facilities workers across the U.S. are advocating for improved wages, benefits and fair labor practices. In a push for higher compensation and benefit ...
Center for American Progress

Community Navigators Can Increase Access to Unemployment Benefits and New Jobs While Building Worker Power

Evidence from the Maine Peer Workforce Navigator program shows that workers and government can benefit from well-designed community partnerships. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits do not reach all ...