San Franciscans to vote on $15 city minimum wage
San Franciscans will vote this November on whether to gradually increase the city-wide minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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.
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.
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.
Boosting fighting power, UAW raises dues after hot debate
Leaders of the United Auto Workers union are well aware of the attacks against workers worldwide. Their fightback program is called "PRO Members."
UAW’s Bob King: We’re in a war for democracy
Retiring UAW President Bob King proclaimed a truism long understood by labor activists - "The amount of power you have determines the amount of justice you get."
UFCW on a roll in southern California
Unionists ratified a new contract with the area's big food chains, and Local 770 passed the 100-store organizing mark at CVS, adding 2,000 members.
“O” for organizing: UAW unfolds fightback program
The United Auto Workers union is unfolding a fightback program at its 36th Constitutional Convention here this week.
In LA and Illinois, unions fight legal battles vs. pension cuts
The LA pension case affects 20,000 present municipal workers and the Illinois case affects 621,000 workers and retirees.
