
Details of Dem draft platform reveal many strong pro-worker planks
"Donald Trump may talk tough, but he has consistently outsourced his own products. American workers deserve better."

Move to exempt minor-league ball players from minimum wage law
Maybe it's time for the minor league players to unionize, too.

Billionaire Trump claims steelworker status
"Donald Trump stomped into my backyard just days before July 4 and claimed to be a steelworker."

Strike! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal workers walk-off job
Nearly 1,000 cooks, housekeepers, bellmen and servers from Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J., walked off the job today for a livable wage.

Clevelanders meet to save the postal service
Opposing a right-wing, big business privatization drive, 100 union and community activists took part in a field hearing to save the publicly-run United States Postal Service.

EPI analyst: High court deadlock on immigration hurts all workers’ rights
Exploitative employers use the threat of hiring undocumented adults to force other workers to take lower wages and benefits.

Auto Workers vs. Volkswagen in Chattanooga: The saga continues
The long-running saga revolving around the Auto Workers campaign to organize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., continues.

AFGE’s members plan 38 anti-privatization rallies coast to coast to boost VA
AFGE delegates vowed to fight for the agency: Serving the nation's veterans is "a sacred promise, a promise that will never be violated."

Chicagoans win paid sick leave law
A coalition of workers' rights and progressive groups pushed the ordinance through the council, over the usual business opposition.

Week-long Minnesota nurses strike part of forced walkout in three states
Hospital chains demand that its nurses virtually give up their health insurance; patient safety and quality of patient care are also top issues.

