Republicans see assaulting workers as more important than creating jobs
Just days before Election Day, 2011, a national group devoted to workers rights has issued a scathing report about Republican intentions toward workers.
Communications workers target GOP
CWA launched a "Countdown to Shutdown" advertising campaign, sending flyers to 600,000 voters in 25 swing districts of Republican lawmakers on Aug. 30.
Labor to campaign for Obama in 2012
Organized labor will not allow a Republican to win the presidency, Michael Podherzer, the AFL-CIO's political director said.
Unions say Verizon taking its cue from Wisconsin's governor
Union leaders say Verizon management, taking its lead from right-wing GOP governors, is trying to kill public support for its striking workers by portraying them as an overpaid elite.
Labor mobilizes in congressional districts in August
Organized labor mobilized in congressional districts nationwide in August, with two top leaders saying union activists this year will take the place of the tea party radicals of 2009-10. And the unionists, leaders and organizers say, are mad.
Unions say “voter ID” is Jim Crow revisited
The AFL-CIO is mapping plans to educate its members, other workers and the wider electorate in how to overcome efforts to suppress the right to vote.
AFL-CIO creates SuperPAC in political revamp
The labor movement is seeking to expand its influence in the political arena beyond its own membership.
It’s our turn: Campaign to repeal Senate Bill 5 takes off
"You will take this fight over the finish line," AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka told Ohio union leaders yesterday. "You will restore the rights of 365,000 public employees!"
Michigan nurses protest GOP cuts with soup kitchen at State Capitol
Now comes the latest labor protest: The July 13 Michigan Nurses Association's "Governor Snyder's 'No Soup for You'" kitchen.
Labor, democracy and the debt ceiling
Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.
