Single-payer healthcare gets backing from Medicare’s “creator”
The last surviving "creator" of the original Medicare proposal of 1965 is enthusiastically endorsing Medicare for all.
Hillary Clinton pledges to push Employee Free Choice
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton supports comprehensive labor law reform, and she says she really means it.
AFL-CIO to hold regular talks on racism beginning in September
"Since the death of Trayvon Martin, the AFL-CIO has worked to open a constructive dialogue around the role of race."
AFL-CIO leaders push presidential candidates on labor’s Raising Wages Agenda
"It's a sign of the times and how important the fight is that five major presidential candidates would come here in a 24-hour period."
AFL-CIO adds single-payer insurance to its Raising Wages campaign
Union leaders passed a resolution that calls upon the AFL-CIO to add a demand for single-payer heath insurance to the federation's Raising Wages campaign.
Top union leader describes GOP presidential hopefuls as money-grubbing
"Americans deserve better than mean-spirited, self-serving politicians."
Today in labor history: Fast-food workers strike for $15 in seven U.S. cities
Fast food workers walked off their jobs and demonstrated in the thousands for a higher paycheck - $15 an hour.
Presidential candidates knocking at labor’s door this week
The AFL-CIO hopes to lay out a strategy to unite workers across the country behind its Raising Wages Agenda and behind a broad program of progressive action.
Minnesota, workers want AT&T to comply with state paid leave law
Corporate defiance by AT&T led members of CWA and their families to rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis on July 17.
Striking federal contract workers demand "$15 and a union"
All are employed by huge corporations that have been awarded contracts by the federal government, and all earn poverty wages.
