Union wins recognition vote among federal park workers
By a 91-9 percent margin the Treasury Employees won union recognition among 1,300 National Park Service workers in the Washington, D.C., area.
Unions fight airline plan to enter U.S. on the cheap
Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants' and pilots' jobs and pay.
Unions-workers' centers unity results in wage and safety wins
Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.
AFL-CIO calls for restoration of the Voting Rights Act
The AFL-CIO's executive council unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 19 calling for the passage of strong federal legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act.
Labor launches campaign to raise wages across America
We are declaring here and now that the labor movement is going to focus like a laser beam on raising wages for all American workers, union and non-union," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters today.
UAW: Volkswagen setback will not deter union organizing
The nation's labor leaders say that America's workers and their unions will not be deterred by the setback at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Tennessee paper pushes Koch-connected anti-union message ahead of UAW vote
A misleading op-ed co-written by a Koch and ALEC ally, falsely claimed creating a union in a local Volkswagen plant would negatively impact the state economy and plant relations.
Government workers march on Capitol Hill
Hundreds of AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11 campaigning for national and union causes.
L & M nurses and tech workers win a contract
The 800 workers stood strong and with a broad array of public support forced the administration of the community hospital to end the lockout.
Workers at Volkswagen Tenn. plant taking union recognition vote
If the union wins, the victory would make VW the UAW's second plant in the Volunteer State, but its first successful organizing drive in years in the anti-union South.
