Netroots grassroots: Progressive Caucus launches “Raise Up America” drive
"We stand in Congress on the side of the 99 percent against the one percent. So we need this campaign, we need to raise the minimum wage."
Today in labor history: Arthur Miller refuses to name communists
In the height of the Cold War witchhunts on June 21, 1956, playwright and a giant of American theater, Arthur Miller, courageously defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refused to name any suspected communist.
Today in labor history: American Railway Union founded
On this day in 1893, the American Railway Union - one of the first industrial unions in the United States - was founded.
Service Employees plan massive response to GOP’s immigrant bashing
"If they thought 2012 was bad" in terms of the tide of Latino votes against the GOP, "wait 'till 2014 and 2016."
Neighbors turn out for fired Domino’s worker
The campaign for $15 an hour or $12 with benefits has been going on for several months now.
Walker’s anti-union law heads for new test in court
Here we go again in Wisconsin: Right-wing Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union law is headed for another test in the state's Supreme Court.
Labor spells out what “must” be in immigration bill
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has laid down, in detail, what the federation wants - and doesn't want - in the legislation.
Today in labor history: Denmark Vesey arrested for slave revolt
On June 18, 1822, slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey, Peter Poyas and others were arrested in South Carolina. Vesey was hailed as a hero by abolitionists during the Civil War, including Frederick Douglass.
Immigration reform advocates say more protection needed for guest workers
Advocates for workers' rights are ramping up pressure to include stronger provisions to protect guest workers from abuse in any new immigration reform legislation.
Hearings held on ‘right-to-work’ in Ohio
The Manufacturing & Workforce Development Committee of the Ohio legislature, unanimously voted to table three so-called 'right-to-work' bills.
