Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights
Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.
45,000 Verizon workers strike over company greed
The 45,000 strikers walked off the job this weekend because the company has refused to budge since negotiations began July 22.
Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis
Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.
Texas AFL-CIO meet was bright spot in dark sky
Labor leaders in Texas came together to renew the call for jobs, livable wages, human services and democratic reforms for state workers and workers across the nation.
Asian Americans tackle job discrimination
Job discrimination is on the rise for Asian Americans, one of the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., and now number 15 million nationwide.
Machinists, labor board official say Boeing broke law
Machinist workers are gathering allies as the battle grows over a top NLRB official's statement that Boeing broke labor law by moving aircraft production to anti-union South Carolina.
New Yorkers join in taking back May Day
The sun was shinning as 10,000 New Yorkers celebrated International Workers Day last Sunday, May 1.
Workers take back May Day
Across the country on May 1, tens of thousands of workers, led by the presidents of the nation's largest unions, reclaimed May Day as an American holiday.
Oklahoma repeals collective bargaining for city workers
Oklahoma is expected to pass a measure that would repeal the rights of non-uniformed state employees to bargain for their wages and working conditions.
Drive opens to repeal union-busting Ohio law
Tens of thousands of petitions are hitting the streets of Ohio to repeal Senate Bill 5, a drastic union-busting law led by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. John Kasich.
