Report: Privatizing public service jobs a disaster
The workers are still part-timers, and their compensation is still far from the level that New Haven school custodians enjoyed before the privatization hit.
Houston teachers expose problems with 'teach to the test'
Now a new lawsuit, filed in federal court in Houston by the AFT's affiliate there, exposes just how pernicious the problems are.
Today in labor history: Inventor gives first public demo of FM broadcasting
On this day in 1935, inventor Edwin Armstrong gave the first public demonstration of FM (frequency modulation) radio broadcasting in Alpine, New Jersey.
Bricklayers join BlueGreen Alliance
The Bricklayers became the latest union to join the BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of 16 unions and environmental groups working together.
Battle against wage theft heats up in Santa Clara County
Low-wage hourly employees battling wage theft at Ma Laboratories , a distributor of high-tech products headquartered here, received strong support at a rally June 6.
UAW convention elects Williams to succeed King
United Auto Workers convention delegates overwhelmingly elected Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Williams to succeed retiring union President Bob King.
Today in labor history: Joe McCarthy’s reign of terror comes to dramatic end
Senator McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise to fame and power in the U.S. Senate when he charged that "hundreds" of "known communists" were in the Department of State.
Today in labor history: Lansing general strike
On June 6, 1937. more than 12,000 members of the United Auto Workers, their families and supporters living in Lansing, Michigan, shut down the city.
CWA'S Cohen ties fight vs. income inequality to fight for democracy
"Corporations are people in America and can run orchestrated campaigns to destroy working people. That's what gets me mad!"
China and Russia have workers councils but not Chattanooga
Workers in the United States know organizing here in the belly of the corporate beast is no easy task.
