No recovery unless we create 11 million jobs, AFL-CIO head warns
CLEVELAND - AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka attacked right-wing efforts to use the federal budget deficit as an excuse to block programs needed to end the economic crisis.
New UAW president vows “social justice” unionism
United Auto Workers' new president, Bob King, pledges to fight for jobs and justice for all Americans.
In English, Chinese and Spanish, low-wage workers demand rights bill
Workers unite across language, race and neighborhood barriers for a Low Wage Workers Bill of Rights.
“Courage and solidarity” wins it for Rio Tinto miners
The recent victory of workers at Rio Tinto's huge mine in the small town of Boron, tucked away in southern California's high desert, is a textbook case of how to win against a giant transnational corporation.
Temple University nurses win jobless pay after lockout
1500 nurses and technical workers at Temple University Hospital went on strike and won.
New Chicago teacher's union leader vows fight against layoffs
Angered by devastating budget cuts, threatened layoffs and school privatization, Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted in a new leadership June 10.
Workers of the world uniting for justice
The second world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a significant event. Taking place in Vancouver, Canada, June 21 through 25th, the congress theme is "The People Now: From the Crisis to Global Justice."
Child labor in the U.S.A.
How inviting it looks, the fruit laid out for us in grocery stores and supermarkets in a profusion of bright color.
Community supports Berkeley Bowl workers
BERKELEY, Calif. - Workers at the popular Berkeley Bowl Marketplace supermarket here have fought hard to have a union, overcoming numerous unfair labor practices as well as efforts by pro-management employees to decertify the union.
Congress Hotel strikers join forces for immigration reform
The Congress Hotel workers enter their seventh year on strike -- the longest in American history.
