
Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.

VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."

Union anti-Trump rally focuses on his D.C. hotel construction site
"Stop hate! Dump Trump!" "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" were among the chants from demonstrators.

Rail workers group condemns allowance of single-worker freight trains
Railroad workers are organizing for more effective rulemaking.

Machinists union: We built Juno, that Jupiter probe
It's sometimes easy to forget the outstanding achievements union workers produce - until you're reminded of them.

Speedups 2.0: Tailor-made for Taylorism
Even if you are not a delivery driver or a warehouse worker or a janitor, you may not be immune to constant monitoring.

Details of Dem draft platform reveal many strong pro-worker planks
"Donald Trump may talk tough, but he has consistently outsourced his own products. American workers deserve better."

Move to exempt minor-league ball players from minimum wage law
Maybe it's time for the minor league players to unionize, too.

Billionaire Trump claims steelworker status
"Donald Trump stomped into my backyard just days before July 4 and claimed to be a steelworker."

Clevelanders meet to save the postal service
Opposing a right-wing, big business privatization drive, 100 union and community activists took part in a field hearing to save the publicly-run United States Postal Service.

