Duckworth, Durbin Join Hirono in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively

Unions Need to Mount a Militant Response to Trump’s Assault

Too many unions have responded to Donald Trump’s historic attacks on federal workers with little more than words. To beat back his anti-union assault, organized labor needs to break with decades of timidity.

The first strike by unions representing state employees is threatening to begin on Tuesday.

Duckworth, Durbin Join Hirono in Introducing Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain Collectively

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act concertedly and bargain collectively in states that currently do not afford these basic protections. This comes at a critical time, after President Trum…

All parties to the state sector labor dispute rejected the settlement proposal submitted by the National Mediator on Sunday, the National Mediator's representative said...

A third bakery strike threatens to begin on the night between Monday and Tuesday, and a government workers' strike may begin on Tuesday.

The parties' responses are due by Tuesday at 3 p.m.