The fight to maintain open, free, and fair elections, and the work to build a strong resistance to the voter intimidation led and orchestrated by the oligarchs and their puppets in government, is not only necessary to protect what exists of true democracy in our government, but is also an opportunity to bring working people together to build an even stronger force for change in our country and the world.
An August poll found that support for Medicare for All has risen significantly in the past year, from 54 to 60 percent. Among voters who have significant medical debt ($1,000 or more) or who have been denied treatment by their insurance company, that support rises to 68 and 71 percent respectively. A whopping 75 percent of voters under the age of 30 support Medicare for All.
The midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3 are less than two months away. The Trump administration has made clear their intention to disrupt the elections rather than face voters’ wrath over rising prices and needless wars. Trade unionists who believe in democracy must be prepared to respond.
RSVP to join Labor for Democracy for a training on Tuesday, October 6 at noon ET / 11am CT / 10am MT / 9am PT
Retired UE General President Carl Rosen and Staff Coordinator John Thompson represented UE at a high-level Medicare for All strategy meeting at the end of August. Hosted by close UE ally National Nurses United, the strategy meeting mapped out ambitious but realistic plans to win Medicare for All in the coming years. The meeting included labor unions, health care justice organizations, and working-class community organizations that have Medicare for All as a significant part of their work.
Labor for Democracy, a network of labor unions committed to upholding democracy and the right to organize, is calling for federal and state investigations into recent reports of illegal and unconstitutional surveillance of unions and community groups in Minnesota. UE is a founding member of Labor for Democracy.
On Friday, August 7, the Senate confirmed James Macy as the third Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board. With a 3-1 majority, the Republican members of the board are expected to begin overturning pro-worker decisions made by the NLRB's Democratic majority during the Biden administration.
Abdul El-Sayed, who made Medicare for All the centerpiece of his campaign, won the Democratic primary for one of Michigan’s U.S. Senate seats on August 4. The former public health official was endorsed by the United Auto Workers, National Nurses United, the Association of Flight Attendants, and the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan.
On the morning of July 7, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents murdered a Houston construction worker on his way to work. Less than a week later, ICE agents murdered another man in Biddeford, Maine, who was also on his way to work.
The Supreme Court wrapped up its 2025-26 term on June 30 by striking down President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which sought to end the Constitution’s guarantee of citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil. While this was perhaps the most consequential, and certainly one of the most headline-grabbing, of the Court’s decisions this term, they also handed down several other decisions that will have far-reaching implications for working people — in particular one that effectively ends the independence of the National Labor Relations Board.
Last week, FBI agents showed up at homes across the state of Ohio, interrogating people and seizing their electronic devices. The targets were leaders and staff of the non-profit Ohio Organizing Collaborative, whose Youngstown offices were also raided. Their crime? Registering people to vote.