Actors union lines up political support for Telemundo organizing drive
NBC-Universal owns Telemundo, but the unorganized actors don't get residuals or health care, guaranteed wage minimums or meal breaks.
Unions can organize temps alongside permanent workers
The ruling by the National Labor Relations Board means that employers can no longer use temps as a union avoidance tactic.
Hospital workers in Vancouver, Wash. unionize to fight for their patients
Even the doctors are part of the bargaining unit at this small hospital in the Pacific Northwest.
The struggle for LGBTQ workers’ rights continues
Pride at Work co-founder Nancy Wohlforth recalls how gay bartenders dumped bottles of Coors beer into the sewers; decades later, have things changed?
Years of organizing at CUNY yields wins for workers
Thousands of workers at the City University of New York's 24 campuses will see improvements in their pay and benefits.
Thousands of Fight for $15 activists descend on McDonalds shareholder meeting
The rally aimed to disrupt the burger giant's corporate proceedings with singing, chanting, and demands for $15 and a union.
The case against Uber
Many people are beginning to question, and think twice, about safety concerns with Uber.
Trumka on race and class: "When they divide us, they can beat us"
AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King Conference, a 3-day event from Jan. 15-17 in D.C., was entitled "Change The Rules, Be The Power"
Seattle Teamsters local to organize Uber, Lyft drivers after city council vote
Teamsters Local 117 in Seattle will step up its efforts to unionize Uber and Lyft drivers.
Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded
The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.
