Protesters tell Apple: Ensure fair treatment for security guards
Union and community activists called on the iconic computer and smartphone manufacturer to push for fair treatment of security workers.
GOP pushing Labor Department to go easy on wage theft
"One key to economic recovery is vigorous enforcement of wage and hour protections, so workers are paid what they earn, and can pump money back into their local economies."
Kellogg's lockout of bakery workers headed for court
The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.
Today in Labor History: The Alliance for Labor Action forms
This national trade union center organized unorganized workers and pursued progressive political and social projects.
Are children working on Minnesota school construction sites?
The Laborers International Union identified a second possible case of child labor on Minnesota construction sites and has alerted authorities at both the state and national level.
Changing the balance of power between Capital and Labor
The private appropriation of socially produced wealth is capitalism's central mechanism.
Today in labor history: Pullman strike leader murder sparks huge protest funeral
During the Pullman strike, Charles Leonard, a representative of Omaha Railway murdered Charles Luth, a railroad switchman and union activist.
AFL-CIO student interns organize on Tobacco Road
AFL-CIO Union Summer interns have joined members of the FLOC in a drive to organize thousands of North Carolina tobacco farm workers.
At AFT meet, energized resistance to attacks on education
An energized resistance to ongoing attacks on education was on display at this year's American Federation of Teachers national convention in Los Angeles.
Union says postal service is not really pulling out of Staples
Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, said a Staples announcement this week that it was ending its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service is a ruse.
