Unions

President Biden's interior secretary nominee, Democratic New Mexico Rep. Debra Haaland, on Wednesday conceded that shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline would cost jobs.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina on Wednesday reintroduced the National Right to Work Act.

A transit union is calling for more police officers on buses, pointing to a rise in violence against drivers trying to enforce mask requirements.

President Biden met with labor leaders at the White House Wednesday to push his proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package and infrastructure development plans. 

President Biden is scheduled to meet in the White House Wednesday with senior labor union leaders, who are hoping to win commitments for a massive federal investment in infrastructure as well as efforts to create jobs in clean-tech and alternative energy, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents many of them says several hundred thousand more have not, despite the risks they continue to face at work.

The last time Amazon workers voted on whether they wanted to unionize was in 2014

Amazon investors are pleading for the company to stop interfering with the historic union election at an Alabama facility, according to a new report.

The United Food and Commercial Workers is demanding expedited vaccine access and more hazard pay. 

Last month, the e-commerce giant had filed a motion with the U.S. labor board to delay the vote and give the board more time to reconsider its earlier decision to hold the election by mail during a nearly two-month time span in order to have a "fair" election, despite the ongoing threat of the coronavirus.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Right to Work Committee are warning against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.