Union membership up slightly, despite attacks
Membership in unions increased by 49,000 from 2010 to 2011, including 15.000 new members in the 16 to 24-year-old range.
Workers brave cold to lobby lawmakers on "right-to-work" danger
Members from turning out to Champlin City Hall to learn more about a coming threat: a proposed "right to work" amendment to the Minnesota constitution.
Tentative agreement could end West Coast longshore battle
The tentative agreement may defuse a tense standoff as the Longview dockworkers wage a valiant battle to defend their jobs.
Ignoring public opinion, Indiana Senate approves “right to work”
Despite mass opposition to the so-called right to work bill, the Indiana State Senate yesterday approved the measure.
2012: More battles ahead on Capitol Hill for workers
Workers, their unions and their allies are gearing up for more tough legislative fights in 2012.
AFL-CIO calls for urgent action to stop Indiana "right-to-work"
The AFL-CIO has issued a national appeal for help to stop passage of a so-called "right-to-work" law in Indiana. "We are at war," the AFL-CIO appeal reads. "The assault on workers in Indiana continues."
Nationwide protests demand: End Cooper Tire lockout, with video
"Corporate greed at Cooper Tire is flat out wrong!" That was the message brought by pickets protesting the lockout of 1051 workers by Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. at its plant in Findlay, Ohio.
Unions scramble to protect pensions in Hostess bankruptcy
The Bakery Workers, the Teamsters, and other unions representing Hostess Foods employees scrambled to protect their members as the snack food company filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 1.
Indiana GOP ramming “right to work” but battle continues
The struggle for workers' collective bargaining rights suffered a blow in Indiana, but the fight is not over yet.
Indiana workers flood Capitol to stop “right-to-work” law
For the second day in a row, the GOP was unable to push through the legislation because House Democrats failed to show up for a vote.
