UE Political Action Updates

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House of Representatives Moves to Restore Union Rights to Federal Workers, but More Action Needed

December 19, 2025
Washington, DC

In a rare display of bipartisan support for workers, 20 Republicans joined Congressional Democrats last week to buck the Republican House leadership and force a vote on the “Protect America’s Workforce Act,” which passed by a vote of 231-195.

This legislation would restore collective bargaining rights to the more than one million federal workers who lost their union contracts earlier this year. The executive orders canceling the workers’ contracts and collective bargaining rights have been called the largest single act of unionbusting in American history.

No More Blood for Oil: UE Condemns Military Attacks on Venezuela

December 18, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE Officers

Our government’s escalating attacks on Venezuela are unconstitutional, immoral, and a massive waste of resources. The idea that Venezuela represents a military threat to the U.S. is patently absurd; the use of the U.S. military to carry out lethal attacks on fishing boats and seize oil tankers amounts to simple murder and piracy. We demand that our government immediately cease these attacks, and that Congress exercise its power to reign in this overreach by the executive branch.

Rising Repression Aims to Increase Power and Wealth of the Rich and Corporations

October 23, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE Officers

On October 23 the UE officers released a statement condemning the ongoing ICE raids against immigrant workers and families, and the use of the National Guard to suppress protests. “The robber barons of our own age, the billionaires who run the Trump administration, are increasingly embracing violence and repression as they seek to drive more money and power into their own hands and silence any criticism of their exploitation,” they declared.

Tell Trade Negotiators: Protect Workers, not Corporations

October 16, 2025

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — also known as “NAFTA 2.0” — has failed to deliver any of its promised benefits to workers. Since the trade agreement was negotiated by President Trump during his first term, the U.S. trade deficit has skyrocketed. One major reason: the USMCA failed to add the provisions needed to prevent corporations from shipping good-paying jobs to Mexico to take advantage of ongoing labor rights violations, lax pollution controls, and abysmally low wages.

Take to the Streets: Demand #NoKings and #NoBillionaires on Oct 18

October 2, 2025

On Saturday, October 18, UE will join with Labor for Democracy and other allies to fight for freedom of speech, union rights, and the right to protest. At over 2,100 events in all 50 states, in DC and internationally, working people will gather together to demand #NoKings and #NoBillionaires making decisions for our workplaces, families and communities.

UE Policy for 2025-27 Posted

September 5, 2025

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.

No More Mideast Wars

June 24, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE Officers

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.

Military Response to Immigration Protests a Step Towards Authoritarianism

June 10, 2025
Pittsburgh
Statement of the UE Officers

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.

UE Endorses “No Kings” Mobilization

June 3, 2025
Pittsburgh

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.

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