UAW delegates vow to build mass movement
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers Special Bargaining Convention, held here last week, was like nothing this reporter has attended before: it was three days of preparing the union to do battle with Republicans and Wall Street.
New Yorkers keep Triangle fire legacy alive
NEW YORK (March 25) - Thousands of New Yorkers marked the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history - the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire - with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died.
Union sees AT&T buyout of T-Mobile as good for workers
AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile could open the way for unionization of the thousands of T-Mobile workers who have been denied a voice on the job.
Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast
On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker
The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
Labor stalwart Irene Hull dies at 98
Irene Hull, a beloved "tiny dynamo" fighter for trade union rights, world peace, equality, and socialism died on the first day of spring, March 20 in Seattle.
Foundry workers strike to save their healthcare
A strike yesterday of over 450 workers in one of the largest foundries on the west coast brought production to a halt Sunday night, at Pacific Steel Castings.
Labor urges "virtual picket" around Huffington Post
The Huffington Post, labor says, makes millions off its so-called "citizen journalists" - without paying them a dime.
Shop Talk: Credit and some good news for labor
What's been going on in labor over the past week?
UAW special convention: “Fight for every worker in America”
DETROIT - Addressing 1,200 union activists, United Auto Workers President Bob King called for a return to the social consciousness of the union's founders.
