Protests force suspension of Hyatt's first shareholders meeting
Just six months after becoming a publicly traded company protests forced Hyatt Hotels to suspend its first shareholders meeting here.
APALA leader John Delloro mourned
The labor movement mouns the passing of leader John Delloro, president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
Young labor activists to meet in Washington, D.C.
Young activists and union workers are expected to meet in Washington, D.C., June 10-13, during a national young workers summit hosted by the AFL-CIO.
Strikers at Spectrum Nursing Homes gain support
Twenty-one labor, community, elected officials and clergy members were arrested by Hartford police Tuesday for blocking the entrance of Park Place Health Center in support of District 1199 Spectrum strikers.
Hartford workers win back pay
Ten years after being locked out by their employer, union workers at Avery Heights Nursing Home began receiving checks totaling $2.55 million in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) settlement. The case has important implications for workers everywhere.
Jobs with Justice says it’s time to celebrate
PHILADELPHIA - Celebrating a year of victories, a standing-room-only crowd honored a legend in the city's labor movement and other union and community leaders.
High Court favors Chicago Black firefighters in discrimination suit
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of 6,000 Black applicants for firefighting jobs here, adding they could proceed with a lawsuit that accuses the city of using a racially discriminatory hiring exams.
R.I. calls truce in war on teachers
Ninety-three Central Falls teachers and school professionals got their jobs back in a hard-fought agreement this month, but what it really means will not be known for a while.
Hundreds of union janitors fired under pressure from Feds
Federal immigration authorities have pressured one of San Francisco's major building service companies, ABM, into firing hundreds of its own workers.
Chicago transit workers: get trains and buses rolling again
They appear everywhere in uniform and are a constant reminder of the high cost of the state budget crisis: they are the 1,200 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) workers.
