Labor mounts drive to count every Latino
The labor movement is adding careful counting of every single Spanish speaking person in the United States to the long list of things it already does above and beyond its traditional role of representing workers on the job.
Workers will see a recovery?
Demands are growing to use leftover bailout money to provide jobs for the unemployed.
Albuquerque teachers rally against budget cuts
In a major effort by the Albuquerque Teachers Federation backed by New Mexico labor unions and parents, the federation is planning a huge march and rally at the state capitol to prevent a second round of budget cuts. The march and rally planned for Friday, October 9th, has as its main theme reversing tax cuts for the wealthiest.
New Yorkers rally for paid sick leave
Hundreds rally to support City Council bill.
New York City’s TWU Local 100 rallies for a contract
A New York labor giant takes it to the streets.
America needs warriors for justice
The times call for a new kind of leadership says an AFL-CIO official.
William (Bill) Adelman remembered
A life of devotion to the pursuit of labor history came to an abrupt end on Sept. 15 with the death of William J Adelman, a founder of the Illinois Labor History Society and its vice president.
Unions mark gains under Obama
Union leaders and members are saying that eight months into the Obama administration it is clear that labor’s unprecedented investment in the effort to support the election of the president and a 60 vote Democratic majority in the Senate is paying off.
Sugar company to blame for deaths, federal agency says
Agency blames suguar company and the Bush administration for worker deaths.
