Top women’s group hails Obama order on paid leave
Obama announced the executive order in a speech after a Labor Day breakfast with union leaders in Boston.
Trumka: AFL-CIO presidential endorsement unlikely before first two state contests
Trumka was caustic about Trump's constant anti-immigrant and anti-Latino stands. He also criticized two other GOP hopefuls.
Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Grape Strike and Boycott
For the first time in American history, Chávez and the UFW decided to use a boycott in a major labor dispute.
Pride at Work protests gay group's endorsement of Walmart
"A war on worker rights to come together and fight for a voice on the job is being waged by corporations that HRC asks the LGBT community to celebrate."
Five top union leaders endorse Iran nuclear arms control pact
"Obama promised to choose diplomacy and engagement over conflict; by working to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, he has helped to fulfill that pledge."
Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers
The workers hailed the judges' decision, saying it would bring them out of the low-paying shadows many now toil in.
AFL-CIO backs legislation to curb execs’ revolving door to D.C.
"Hard-working families can't afford to have the financial industry and government creating a cozy relationship that allows Wall Street to write its own rules."
ATU: “A Common-Sense Bus Safety Proposal”
Putting intercity bus drivers under federal overtime pay laws would raise their pay, lower their fatigue, and cut fatal bus crashes and deaths.
Nevada unions to Trump: pay your hotel’s workers fair wages
As far as Nevada's unions are concerned, Donald Trump should put his money where his mouth is.
Today in labor history: United Farm Workers launch the lettuce boycott
Forty-five years ago on this date, UFW Organizing Committee leader César Chávez called for a consumer boycott of lettuce.
