Public workers say, fair contracts for all
Thousands of union public workers and their supporters turned out on Wednesday at New York's City Hall park under the slogan "Workers Count, Workers Vote!"
Trumka says a worldwide New Deal is needed
Europe's present experience, past world history, and U.S. federal budget cutting show that "austerity doesn't work" as a way to pull the U.S. and the world out of the Great Recession.
Today in labor history: First commercial computer installed in U.S.
UNIVAC I, was installed at the U.S. Census Bureau (which paid for much of the development) on June 14, 1951. UNIVAC is an acronym for UNIVersal Automatic Computer.
House GOP unveils two more anti-NLRB, anti-union bills
The radical right GOP majority on the House Education and the Workforce Committee continued its anti-worker crusade.
Teamsters voting on UPS pacts
Teamsters are voting on new contracts with UPS. They cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the U.S.
Patriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June 12, the Mine Workers said.
Unions descend on Capitol Hill for big immigration push
WASHINGTON (PAI) - Backed by strong statements from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, dozens of local union leaders from around the nation descended on Capitol Hill starting on June 12 for a big push for comprehensive immigration reform.
Anti-union greed the killer in Philly building collapse
Six people who died here June 5 have been described as being "of different backgrounds and classes."
U.S. poor are in free fall
The level of income inequality stretches much higher in the United States than in the other developed countries. Now it's gone off the chart.
