Nursing home workers strike hard-line Spectrum Corp.
Nurses, nursing assistants and elder-care support staff at four skilled nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare went on strike in four Connecticut cities this week.
Don’t do business at Congress Hotel, strikers urge
"We're here to ask your support in our strike against the Congress Hotel - our families have been suffering for seven long years."
Emotions high as Cleveland lays off teachers, school staff
CLEVELAND - Another land mine left by Wall Street's assault on American communities exploded here Tuesday night when the school board voted to lay off nearly 10 percent of its employees.
Jobs top building trades’ agenda
Construction joblessness is above 20% and bank credit for private construction has been yanked in the recession. Jobs top unions' agenda.
POWER Act would curb worker abuse, senator says
Lawmaker announces bill to strengthen immigrant and all workers' rights on the job.
Florida gov. vetoes anti-teacher bill
After massive protests by teachers, parents and other public school advocates, Florida's Republican Gov. Charlie Crist defied members of his own party by vetoing legislation that would have eliminated tenure for teachers and gutted community-based input into public education.
Hoffa gets university award, cites labor’s challenges
DETROIT - Teamsters union President James Hoffa, a Detroit native, received the first Wayne State University "Labor Leaders on Labor" award at a ceremony here this month.
Mine union leader on Massey CEO: Handcuff and jail him!
West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.
Building workers rally on ruling class turf
Thousands of energized New York City unionized apartment building workers and their supporters marched April 13 from Central Park to ritzy Park Avenue to a rally on their contract demands.
Labor turns up heat in battle to curb Wall Street
In a national webcast today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, "We are taking this fight straight to Wall Street. They created this mess and now they have to pay."
