Gateway Arch builders remember their accomplishment 50 years later
What they built was something special, and union workers are erecting a development to revitalize the surrounding area.
After first look at full TPP text, union leaders give pact thumbs down
Union leaders gave the 12-nation treaty an initial thumbs down as being too pro-corporate and not guaranteeing workers' rights.
Campaign exposes widespread abuses of poultry industry workers
Poultry workers in the United States suffer high rates of injury, earn poverty level wages and work in a climate of fear.
Fifty professors arrested at City University of New York protest
"The future of our students' education is at stake. Our action today is part of a long struggle for racial and educational justice."
Rallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10
Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.
Liz Yates, 90, helped organize Seattle teachers
Elizabeth Yates who helped unionize her fellow Seattle school teachers and remained a lifelong progressive activist.
El Super workers continue fighting after 720 days with no contract
El Super market workers continued their fight for a fair contract with hundreds demonstrating last week.
Experts: “New” economy is just another way to suppress workers’ rights
"New" economy workers can only be protected by policies that protect all workers, like ones that define the difference between an employee and an independent contractor.
Labor launches new measures to wipe out unequal pay for women
The labor federation is launching measures to wipe out pay inequality based on gender, and to guarantee that all workers have paid family and sick leave and fair scheduling.
Nurses, at New Orleans gathering, reaffirm backing for Sanders
"I am incredibly proud that there is finally a candidate speaking to the values I've held my whole life," said one worker.
