Right-to-work: smokescreen for corporate interests
It's up to us, union workers, and non-union workers alike, to make our voices heard and stop this attack on unions.
Justices toss permanent company payment of union retiree health benefits
"The Yard-Man ruling violates ordinary contract principles by placing a thumb on the scale in favor of vested retiree benefits in all collective-bargaining agreements."
McDonald’s workers sue fast food giant over racial and sexual discrimination
McDonald's workers who were fired last year after being told, "There are too many black people [working] in the store."
After 26 years, government to end direct oversight of Teamsters
After 26 years, the federal government plans to end its consent decree and its direct oversight governing the Teamsters. But there are still strings attached.
Union leaders give Obama positive reviews except on trade
Union leaders gave President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address generally positive reviews.
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.
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.
Raising wages agenda rolled out at AFL-CIO summit
The nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, rolled out here today its first- ever Raising Wages agenda.
Even with master’s degree, wages are dismal
Many of the people gathering in Washington this morning at the first-ever AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages didn't have an easy time getting here.
