Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights
Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.
For Air Canada workers, tentative pact in tough conditions
Air Canada is the world's ninth largest passenger airline and was an independent government-owned enterprise until its privatization in the 1980s.
Labor mobilizes in congressional districts in August
Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say, are mad.
Video: Jobs with Justice, fired up, ready to fight
Labor, community, faith, women, youth and environmental activists discussed, debated and got fired up for the fights ahead.
"We'll stand with Verizon workers, their fight is ours"
Solidarity is key to the victory of any strike, especially for the 45,000 Verizon workers fighting to save their jobs and benefits at the bargaining table.
Workers see sugar lockout as part of bigger anti-union push
Workers believe that American Crystal Sugar has locked out 1,300 employees at seven plants in three states in order to take advantage of the nationwide attacks on unions.
45,000 Verizon workers strike over company greed
The 45,000 strikers walked off the job this weekend because the company has refused to budge since negotiations began July 22.
AFL-CIO backs "people's movement" in Middle East
The executive council praised the role workers and independent trade unions are playing in the popular mobilizations against corrupt, oppressive regimes.
Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited
The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.
1,300 locked out sugar workers fight for jobs, families
Workers are locked outside company gates as their union battles an employer they say is determined to slash health benefits and weaken job security.
