Machinists stop Pratt & Whitney from moving jobs
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Emotions ran high as union leaders announced details of a court victory blocking P&W from moving work and equipment affecting 1,000 jobs.
Labor Dept.sends message to bosses: shape up
President Obama plans to beef up workplace regulations.
CVS risking consumer, workers' health for profits, laborers claim
Members of Laborers Local 78 are connecting poor treatment of consumers to poor working conditions for contractors, and are urging consumers to pressure CVS.
Historic union contract signed at Foxwoods
"We have voted and we now have a contract!" exclaimed a game-table dealer and member of UAW Local 2121 at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Fancy suits for some, but workers get shaft
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Workers from the Hugo Boss clothing firm are battling to stop the company from closing one of the last remaining domestic clothing plants and moving to Turkey.
Foxwoods Casino workers vote on first union contract
After three years of organizing with the United Auto Workers (UAW), 2,500 casino workers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand complex will vote on their first union contract.
Labor backs president's emphasis on jobs
Union leaders reacting last night and today to President Obama's State of the Union address praised his emphasis on job creation.
Tens of thousands call Washington to demand no tax on workers’ benefits
As phones ring off the hook in the nation's capital with calls from workers angry about a Senate health reform bill that would tax their benefits there are signals coming from both the White House and the Congress that lawmakers are scrambling for a compromise.
Union leaders remain strongly opposed to health tax
President Obama tried yesterday to convince 11 major union leaders meeting with him at the White House to end the labor movement's opposition to the tax on workers' benefits that is part of the Senate bill.
