AFL-CIO demands end to anti-gay job discrimination
LOS ANGELES - At its 2013 convention here Sept. 11 the AFL-CIO passed a strongly worded resolution calling for an end to on-the-job discrimination against gay people.
Today in labor history: Sept 11, 2001
"Unity and solidarity can make us stronger. Mourning is not a cry for vengeance. Together we have to find a way out of the crisis. The Ground Zero solidarity can be turned toward the problems we will face in the days to come."
Trumka urges "culture shift" to build "real working class movement"
In his keynote speech to the AFL-CIO convention, federation President Richard Trumka called for a new type of labor movement, one that fights for all working people's interests.
Labor's house opens door wide: Let's work together
Envisioning a common cause coalition powerful enough to defeat the stranglehold of "entrenched corporate interests," Richard Trumka announced an agenda that would include many democratic goals.
Social media and labor: a perfect, and necessary, match
The union members of tomorrow are not going to be reached in the same manner as their predecessors. Twenty-five percent of U.S. voters are no longer watching television
Ethiopian immigrant Tefere Gebre shakes up labor organizing
Gebre's first attempt at union organizing in Orange County was a smashing success. He successfully signed up 400 workers who toiled as sorters of trash.
Today in labor history: Women win right to vote, Women’s Equality Day declared
On Aug. 26, 1920, women finally won the right to vote when the necessary number of states ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Oakland Airport concession workers win some, and keep up the fight
Dozens of workers at Oakland Airport concessions and their supporters walked the picket line outside Oakland Airport's Terminal 2.
What do casinos and martial arts have in common?
The proxy war between the union and the UFC has brought the labor battle to national attention.
GOP judge launches yet another assault on the NLRB
A Republican-named federal judge took another hack at the NLRB, ruling that President Obama illegally named its top enforcement officer.
