Picking peas should bring a better life
We're doing it so that our children can leave the fields and move forward. I want to give them a better life.
Virginia Democratic primaries a victory for labor-backed candidates
The June 9 Democratic primary in Virginia ended in a clean sweep for a new labor and community group's roster of candidates.
Why 2016 is all about raising pay
How has the middle class dissolved and childhood poverty risen while we continue to create more millionaires and billionaires?
Labor-led coalition deals blow to trade deal
The TPP deal would trash workers' rights, kill jobs, and open the floodgates to new rounds of outsourcing.
With House vote looming, labor turns up heat on trade
Unionists continue to campaign to get lawmakers to reject the scheme that would grease the skids for secret trade pacts.
Underfunding, one-person crews share responsibility for deadly Amtrak crash
"It strains our collective memory to think of a case where we attack a problem by defunding it when we want a positive outcome."
