Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
Texas janitors on strike
Many of the janitors employed by big corporations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Penzoil, Centerpoint Energy, and Reliant, do not make enough to provide food for their families.
June 20: American Railway Union is founded in Chicago
It was the largest labor union of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States.
Congress Hotel strikers on 9th anniversary: “We’re not going anyplace”
"We're not going anyplace, we're still here and we're going to be loud and proud at our protests!"
June 19: workers, families occupy Akron, Youngstown, and Hawaii
Today in labor history ... an Occupy trio: 1934 first sit-down strike, 1937 Women's Day Massacre and 1953 four-day general strike in Hawaii.
At DoubleTree, workers fight for "better Florida"
Over 500 Unite Here members, brothers and sisters from other unions, and community allies rallied June 13 outside Orlando's only union hotel.
Youth march for jobs and to end violence
A spirited march of 150 youth and adult supporters stopped downtown traffic to honks of support on Saturday.
Court blocks airline union vote
Texas federal judge Terry Means has halted a planned union recognition vote among 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines.
Mine workers stay neutral in presidential race
The governing council of the union's campaign finance committee, or PAC, backed Smith's comment and added Romney is unacceptable so far, too.
Piggly Wiggly: “We’d rather close than be fair!”
Piggly Wiggly announced it would close its Sheboygan, Wis., store, throwing all 108 workers into the street, rather than submit to a federal court ruling.
