Federal workers union sues government over data breach
The cyber attack exposed confidential data, from medical records to Social Security numbers, of between four and 18 million workers.
Teamsters score big win in Southern California
The win is the biggest in the history of Teamsters Joint Council 42, which covers Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.
Obama announces new overtime pay rule
Overturning a cutback the GOP Bush Administration instituted a decade ago, Obama announced a new overtime pay rule on June 30.
Union leaders hail high court’s marriage equality ruling
Union leaders hailed the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage, but added there is still opposition to equal rights for gay people.
Today in history: first U.S. postage stamps issued, and what that means
On this date in 1847, the Post Office Department (now called the U.S. Postal Service), issued its first two postage stamps.
Nurses: court decision is a threat to public health and safety, workers' rights
The case, Friedrichs v. CTA (California Teachers Association), involves a challenge supported by far right anti-union groups.
Union leaders applaud Supreme Court health care law ruling
By and large, leaders applauded the ruling keeping the ACA's federal individual payments for health care insurance subsidies for users of health care exchanges, state or federal.
AFL-CIO, ally protest deep cuts in House Labor-HHS money bill
The legislation cuts employment and training funds, job services, job safety and health funding, kills health care quality evaluation and ACA funding of prevention programs.
Right-wing GOP Illinois Gov. Rauner plans to force state workers to strike
Rauner's tactic is the latest in a nationwide campaign by the right, its business backers and its political puppets to trash workers, cut wages, destroy pensions and kill unions.
Unions and allies get support for gas tax hike for highway-mass transit funding
The legislation is important both for jobs creation and to repair and replace the nation's crumbling infrastructure and to repair, replace and upgrade bus and subway systems.
