Unionists say America needs collective bargaining
"Our challenge is to build a movement that restores the American Dream," said Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen.
GOP bashes labor board
Ruling Republicans on the intensely ideological House Education and the Workforce Committee seized on a National Labor Relations Board proposal to streamline union election processes to once again bash the agency and organized labor.
Obama defends collective bargaining on Twitter
Obama was using Twitter to go over the heads of the press corps, and to address people who don't read papers or watch TV but rely on social media.
Farm workers protest veto of Calif. card check bill
California's Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would have allowed farm workers to use the card check method to unionize. Brown refused to meet with the farm workers and the 25 legislators that camped outside of his office.
Probe shows union-busting Michelle Rhee wrote Michigan anti-teacher law
Anti-union consultant writes bill that attacks Michigan teachers.
Panel pushes end to secrecy on women's pay
Rampant secrecy about pay, often written into employers' rules and "employee handbooks," helps fuel pay discrimination against women on the job, a panel of equal pay advocates says.
Philly Council passes paid sick days, will mayor sign?
Around 40 percent of all the hourly-wage workers in Philadelphia have no sick days. The bill, if it becomes law, would enable workers to earn one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked.
Union power: LA grocery workers march
Hundreds of labor, faith and community activists are demanding a fair labor contract for union grocery workers at three supermarkets in the Los Angeles area.
Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
Unions and the middle class: What’s in a name?
Defending the middle class has become a central theme in labor's fightback.
