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Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by union members representing the workers, walk a picket line in Los Angeles on October 4, 2023. Frederick J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images While 2023 has become the year of mass workers’ strikes, the push to give picketing people unemployment benefits is also on …

This is a bit off-topic, but since the FTC is doing new research in labor economics and the law, I thought readers might want to know what the experts are talking about—see the recent New School event on the subject. First, a brief overview of labor relations in the field …

After months of failed negotiations, a union representing nearly 2,000 Xcel Energy workers in Colorado and Wyoming could authorize a strike as soon as July 31. That’s when the current contract between employees and the company expires. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 111 is currently bargaining for a …