Two massive unions, SEIU and AFSCME, announce partnership, potential merger
The detailed plan builds on an existing alliance between those two unions and the American Federation of Teachers.
Striking Walmart workers in China contact U.S. Walmart activists
"We are going to stand our ground," Zhang Liya, a founding member of the workers' network, told the Chinese labor paper.
The day after: Labor launches big battleground blitz
"Working people are an unstoppable force when we stick together," said AFL-CIO President Trumka.
UN human rights official cites attacks on worker rights in U.S.
"Racism and the exclusion, persecution, and marginalization that come with it, affect the enabling environment for the exercise of association and assembly rights."
OSHA to take first steps this fall towards potential rule to curb workplace violence
The request for a new rule came from National Nurses United; RNs have been prime victims of workplace violence.
At KGW-TV, unions take stand against ‘Uberization’ of news
One company has a proposal to end union jurisdiction over union members' work, apparently in order to allow the station to use amateur footage.
Teachers’ convention celebrates history, vision for future, Clinton support
Throughout its 100-year history, the AFT has been at the juncture of key social, economic and civil rights movements.
Connecticut low wage workers testify for $15 an hour
"I have seen firsthand over the decades the erosion of the middle class in my hometown of Bridgeport, as the income gap has widened more deeply here than almost anywhere else."
AFGE leader calls GOP plan for federal workers a “spoils” system
"The platform advocates such profound changes to the terms of government employment that it would bring to end the merit-based, apolitical civil service system."
Trump hotel workers picket as boss gets GOP nomination
The man who declares he'll "Make America great again!" refuses to make low-paid workers at the casino great.
