Dinner honors workers' ‘incredible courage'
Union and community supporters showed solidarity with Castlewood Country Club workers who have been locked out of their jobs at the posh Pleasanton club for nearly six months.
Laborers to rejoin AFL-CIO
The Change To Win federation will lose yet another member on Oct. 1, when the Laborers rejoin the AFL-CIO - but in a sense, they never really left.
Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
Burger retires from SEIU, Change To Win posts
Anna Burger, who as recently as a few months ago envisioned herself leading the Service Employees, retired on Aug. 11 from her job as its Secretary-Treasurer, the union's #2 post.
Possible lockout looms for NFL players
There are rumors floating around of a possible National Football League lockout that could possibly come as soon as the 2011 season.
Labor pushes for the swing vote
Pollsters are reporting that the "swing voters," most of them working-class moderates and even some conservatives, are now ready to vote against all incumbents, even if it means putting the GOP back in power.
U.S. files labor rights complaint against Guatemala
The complaint, filed last week, is the first time the U.S. has pursued a labor rights case against a free-trade partner.
Laborers say: Build America so America works
BALTIMORE - In the shadow of the Wilkens Ave. Bridge, one of Maryland's 372 "structurally deficient bridges," more than 200 workers rallied Aug. 2 to "Build Maryland so Maryland Works."
Teachers, parents protest school layoffs
CHICAGO - Nearly a hundred teachers, parents, students, labor leaders and community activists rallied at the Chicago Board of Education building here July 28 against recent massive teacher layoffs.
1,000 to be arrested at Hyatt protests in 15 cities
More than 1,000 workers across the U.S. and Canada are preparing today to stage non-violent civil disobedience actions with thousands of others backing them up at Hyatt hotels in 15 different cities.
