This is what a workers’ uprising looks like
Anyone who thinks the upsurge by workers all across America is not of historic proportions hasn't been paying attention.
Triangle fire memorial draws parallels with today
WASHINGTON (PAI) - A half-day-long Capitol Hill commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire drew uncomfortable parallels with conditions facing workers today. The fire in Manhattan killed 146 young immigrant workers, almost all of them women.
Arizona unions and basketball fans support Wisconsin
Tucson unions put on a strong show of solidarity with Wisconsin recently by showing up at the University of Arizona's McKale Center before the University of Wisconsin basketball team took to the court in a second round game of the NCAA tournament.
Labor & community join mercado workers' struggle
OAKLAND, Calif. - Some 30,000 California workers, many of them in the San Francisco Bay Area, are employed by mercados - Latino, Asian and other ethnic grocery stores numbering many recent immigrants among both workers and customers.
Video: Chicago federal workers slam budget cuts
Over 200 federal workers and their supporters used their lunch hour on March 16th to protest budget cuts.
“No Business as Usual Day” will press workers’ rights
Members of union locals all over the country are laying plans now to make April 4th a day to remember at the nation's workplaces.
Jefferson rally protests union busting bill
Huddling under a sea of umbrellas on a cold, rainy day, hundreds of union workers and their supporters rallied while chanting "Union Yes" and singing "Which side are you on."
Teachers roar: We didn't cause the budget crisis!
Thousands of Texans converged and converged again for some of the biggest labor actions in decades.
Labor switches to defense on legislative agenda
Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO legislative director, explains the new math on Capitol Hill and in state houses around the country, and its impact on labor's agenda.
AFL-CIO’s young workers plan second summit in Twin Cities
The AFL-CIO's young workers advisory council is taking charge of the labor movement by making its leadership more youthful and is planning a second summit to take place in the fall.
