AFGE leader calls GOP plan for federal workers a “spoils” system
"The platform advocates such profound changes to the terms of government employment that it would bring to end the merit-based, apolitical civil service system."
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.
NLRB judge rejects union’s complaint about AT&T button ban, then allows the button
The full NLRB itself ruled last year the banned button did not break labor law.
“Taking a man’s job”: Video tells story about gender and workplace
The first journeywoman cable splicer in the Midwest for AT&T speaks out about gender discrimination.
Cleveland unions blast GOP on eve of their convention
"All working people should be alarmed by Trump. He represents a real danger to our living standards and well-being."
Nurses union asks OSHA for workplace violence standard
National Nurses United has formally petitioned OSHA to pass a new standard that would help prevent violent attacks on healthcare workers.
Veterans’ Affairs union: Trump will “throw vets to the wolves”
Privatizing the VA hospital network remains a GOP priority.
Unemployment rate rises in June to 4.9 percent
Unemployment for African-American teenagers jumped by 33,000 from May to June, and their joblessness rose to 31.2 percent.
VA union blasts recommendation to break up, privatize vets’ health care system
"Destroying this system creates dangerous gaps in treatment and missed opportunities to heal veterans."
Union anti-Trump rally focuses on his D.C. hotel construction site
"Stop hate! Dump Trump!" "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!" were among the chants from demonstrators.
