Unions demand U.S. recognize Palestine’s sovereignty and demand that Israeli government end violence, starvation, and injustices on Palestinian people
UE policy for 2025-27, adopted by delegates at last month's UE convention, has now been posted at ueunion.org/ue-policy.
UE policy is set by rank-and-file delegates to our biennial national convention in the form of resolutions that are discussed and debated on the convention floor. Resolutions are submitted by UE local unions, regional councils and the UE General Executive Board. UE policies are revised at each convention.
President Trump launched an unprovoked bombing attack on Iran this past weekend in violation of the U.S. constitution, which requires acts of war to be authorized by Congress unless there is a threat of imminent attack, which nobody has even pretended was the case. This is not only a further undermining of democracy in our country, it also is built on a set of lies for political and financial gain, just like the disastrous Iraq war 23 years ago, and will only serve to make the world, and the people of the U.S., both less safe and less economically secure.
The Trump administration’s decision to mobilize and deploy 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to Los Angeles is disturbing and absolutely unjustified. It is an attempt to stifle dissent through military force — something which has no place in a democracy — and a signal that if we wish to preserve our democratic freedoms, working people will have to be prepared to defend them through action in the streets, in our workplaces, and at the ballot box.
While President Trump and his billionaire cronies say there is no money for healthcare, education, or Social Security, they are spending 100 million taxpayer dollars to hold a military parade on Trump’s birthday. On Saturday June 14, at over 1,400 “No Kings” events across the country, working people will come together to protest Trump’s anti-worker policies and increasingly authoritarian rule.
On Wednesday, June 18, join the Labor Campaign for Single Payer for a webinar about how the labor movement can Reclaim Medicare from corporate greed. LCSP has developed a white paper summarizing what union leaders need to know about Medicare Advantage, including a list of questions to ask at the bargaining table regarding Medicare Advantage plans. While the webinar will focus on the devastating impacts Medicare Advantage has on union workers and retirees, all are invited to attend.
While former President Biden’s claim to have been “the most pro-union President in history” is certainly debatable, President Trump is on track to become the most anti-union President in history in his second term.
On Tuesday, April 1, voters in Wisconsin elected the pro-worker Susan Crawford to a seat on the state supreme court, despite billionaire Elon Musk spending more than $20 million to support Crawford’s conservative opponent. Crawford won by a margin of almost 10 percentage points, winning many counties which supported Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
UE General President Carl Rosen spoke at a rally today opposing the cuts to federal research funding that have been ordered by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”
“Cuts to research funding are a direct theft from working people for the benefit of the billionaires who are now running the federal government,” Rosen said.
The latest effort to expand anti-union “right to work” laws was defeated yesterday in New Hampshire — and UE Local 228 members were in the thick of the fight. Members sent emails and made calls to their legislators demanding that they oppose the legislation, which would have made New Hampshire the first state in the Northeast to legalize free-riding.