Battle against wage theft heats up in Santa Clara County
Low-wage hourly employees battling wage theft at Ma Laboratories , a distributor of high-tech products headquartered here, received strong support at a rally June 6.
UAW convention elects Williams to succeed King
United Auto Workers convention delegates overwhelmingly elected Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Williams to succeed retiring union President Bob King.
Today in labor history: Joe McCarthy’s reign of terror comes to dramatic end
Senator McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise to fame and power in the U.S. Senate when he charged that "hundreds" of "known communists" were in the Department of State.
Today in labor history: Lansing general strike
On June 6, 1937. more than 12,000 members of the United Auto Workers, their families and supporters living in Lansing, Michigan, shut down the city.
CWA'S Cohen ties fight vs. income inequality to fight for democracy
"Corporations are people in America and can run orchestrated campaigns to destroy working people. That's what gets me mad!"
China and Russia have workers councils but not Chattanooga
Workers in the United States know organizing here in the belly of the corporate beast is no easy task.
Boosting fighting power, UAW raises dues after hot debate
Leaders of the United Auto Workers union are well aware of the attacks against workers worldwide. Their fightback program is called "PRO Members."
UAW’s Bob King: We’re in a war for democracy
Retiring UAW President Bob King proclaimed a truism long understood by labor activists - "The amount of power you have determines the amount of justice you get."
UFCW on a roll in southern California
Unionists ratified a new contract with the area's big food chains, and Local 770 passed the 100-store organizing mark at CVS, adding 2,000 members.
Today in labor history: Mass. first state to pass minimum wage
"The industry employing her is in receipt of the working energy of a human being at less than its cost, and to that extent is parasitic."
