IKEA stacks deck against union backers
IKEA agreed to a union election date, but only after adding "team captains" to the pool in a move the Machinists union says is aimed at influencing the vote.
1.3 million Ohioans say no to anti-labor law
The drive to repeal SB 5, the union-busting law that strips collective bargaining rights from public workers in Ohio, culminated in a massive "People's Parade" to deliver petitions with nearly 1.3 million signatures.
Workers charge Target uses threats, illegal actions
Workers lost a unionization vote at a Target store on New York's Long Island June 17. But UFCW is continuing the fight.
Jokers and facts explain "union advantage" at new website
Collectivebargainingfacts.com features comic videos, a Real Jokers quiz and hard facts on why unions are good for working people.
Labor board rules would make it easier to unionize
The National Labor Relations Board proposed new rules this week that address a major problem the Employee Free Choice Act was designed to solve.
Push for 1 million Ohioans against SB 5
We Are Ohio announced Friday that 714,000 signatures had already been collected, more than triple the required amount, in the drive to repeal the anti-worker law.
Unions hit GOP "verification" scheme
AFL-CIO President Trumka and Service Employees Secretary-Treasurer Medina are blasting the GOP's latest anti-worker gambit: Forcing firms to use a faulty employee verification scheme, called "E-verify."
Hundreds join Congress Hotel strikers at 8th Anniversary rally
Sixty workers who have been on strike at Chicago's Congress Hotel for eight years were joined June 15 by hundreds of supporters at a rally outside the hotel.
Unions take fight vs. Walker bill to federal court
Wisconsin AFL-CIO head Phil Neuenfeldt assailed the state Supreme Court for reinstating the union-busting law, called the ruling "an affront to our democracy."
Attacks on NLRB are attacks on working families
Why have Republicans and tea partiers gotten so riled up about the NLRB? Answer: Because it's doing its job.
