Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
California teachers fight to save their union and the schools
Unionized California teachers are among the many categories of workers nationwide whose unions are under attack by anti-labor lawmakers.
Kelley of the Treasury Employees Union to retire in August
Colleen M. Kelley, the NTEU president for the last 16 years, will retire at the end of the union's convention this August.
Berger-Marks report guides working women toward greater influence in unions
A new report from the Berger-Marks Foundation gives working women a "how-to" guide to establish women's committees within unions.
Workers mobilize vs. GOP budgets’ pension, pay cut schemes
Members of federal workers and postal employee unions mobilized against Republican budget schemes that would - again - cut their pay.
W. Va. GOP legislature passes, Dem. governor signs anti-worker bill
"Today marks the first time in West Virginia history that our state officially reduced safety standards for coal miners."
Illinois union coalition battles Rauner fair share fee ban in state courts
Rauner intends to hurt "the men and women who do the real work of state government."
Students declare national boycott of Wendy's
The student-led boycott will be launched at Ohio State University and will snowball over the coming months as dozens more universities adopt it.
Young Workers Summit feels the jolt of young labor activism
"America is begging for change on a grand scale; the kind of change that, quite frankly, has always been led by young people."
The GOP wants pay cuts for hard workers
Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation last week to lower the wages of Wisconsin's middle class workers.
