Call for stronger labor law first for Obama on national television
Obama, for the first time since he took office six years ago, used his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday to call for new, tougher labor laws to protect worker's rights.
Happiness is … joining a union!
Union members are happier with their lives than nonunion workers. Makes sense, right? Now comes a study that proves it.
Tentative pact lets 18,000 Kaiser California nurses cancel strike
"The pact shows the chain recognizes the nurses' devotion to assuring the highest level of quality care for patients as well as protections for the nurses who deliver that care."
Newspaper Guild changes name to NewsGuild, re-elects Lunzer
After almost eight decades as The Newspaper Guild, delegates to the union's convention voted to officially change its name to The NewsGuild.
Quill Pettway, 94: A giant laid to rest
Quill Pettway, labor organizer and civil rights pioneer was part of a generation of Communists and radicals who made Detroit's rich labor and civil rights history.
To honor of King they marched for lives in Los Angeles
Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.
Grapes of Wrath: California farmworkers fight to unionize
No union can survive without being able to win contracts and thus being able to make substantial changes in wages and conditions.
Labor expects bold action from Obama tonight on overtime pay
Overtime pay has increasingly moved to the top of labor's agenda because millions of workers are working overtime and not getting paid for it.
Time to close Wall Street’s “Retirement Advice” loophole
Wall Street brokers and financial firms that provide retirement investment advice can drain away thousands of dollars of hard-earned savings from a single retirement account.
Union democracy preserved: Teamster members retain right to vote
This is another step Teamsters members have taken to move their union away from its sordid past and towards a powerful democratic future.
