Top labor leader says protests hike support for unions
"People are giving the labor movement another look now," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said at a press conference here March 1.
Ashtabula workers give GOP rep an earful
During a town hall meeting in Ohio this week hundreds of community and labor activists rallied against a Republican-led state senate bill that would destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Right now: 1,000 workers sit in and block Indiana state Senate
A thousand union members and their allies are sitting in and blocking the entrances to the state Senate chamber in Indianapolis.
Big business floods Congress with demands to de-regulate
Corporations officially unveiled loads of pet projects, wish-lists, and regulations they want axed during a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The labor movement says it's corporate arm-twisting of lawmakers on the issue of regulations.
Labor supports president’s vision but warns of challenges
The labor movement is reacting positively to the vision of the future put forward by President Obama in his State of the Union speech.
Labor volunteers keep on going in the final hours
On Election Day today union members are continuing their push right up until the polls close.
Wall Street Journal warns labor could stop GOP in its tracks
Evidence that all the media hype about a coming GOP victory in the mid-term elections may be totally off base surfaced Oct. 12 in a warning to the ruling class from the Wall Street Journal.
Labor’s history has missing pages
I asked a number of retired union activists to help clarify a big mystery raised by the 2003 book, "Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions."
Public service union in a fighting mood
5,000 public workers gathered in Boston for the 39th convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are in a fighting mood.
Unions plan June conference to draw youth into labor movement
ORLANDO, Fla. - The labor movement, determined to build its membership among the nation's youth, will sponsor a Young Leaders Conference this June in Washington.
