Labor educator Worthen’s new book goes where few have gone before
In her new book, "What Did You Learn at Work Today? The Forbidden Lessons of Labor Education," Helena Worthen provides a unique blend of theory and practice.
If you’re not seated at the table you’re on the menu!
Forty-five percent of Californians in polls have answered that unions do more harm than good. Where do they receive this idea, and how do we change the narrative?
Hyatt to pay $1 million to fired Boston workers
The 2009 firings resulted in a five-year boycott organized by Unite Here Local 26 with strong, nationwide solidarity.
NLRB hits Postal Service for breaking labor law
The dispute over the outsourcing is part of what postal unions call the Postmaster General's creeping privatization of the Postal Service.
A win for hotel workers is a win for all workers!
"Many workers live in LA. They pay taxes and buy groceries they need in Los Angeles. With this raise they will be able to buy more and this increase will only benefit the city,"
A GOP fraud – defrauding voters
The GOP is working desperately to deny the right to vote to citizens it doesn't like. You know, poor people, black people, Hispanic people, old people, females.
Union shows viewers real “American Horror Story”
The American Horror Story ad reflects what is said to be labor's priority - to defeat sitting right-wing governors in the four states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida.
Labor played big part in massive climate march
"There are good potential union jobs in clean energy; there's no reason why it can't happen, we just have a lot of work to do."
GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB
They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.
U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala
Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.
