Unemployment benefits extension clears hurdle in Senate
Millions of jobless Americans will continue to receive unemployment benefits through November after a GOP-led filibuster was finally killed today in the U.S. Senate.
Extension of aid to jobless should pass Senate Tuesday
Democrats are expected to have the 60 votes needed to cut off a GOP filibuster against extension of unemployment benefits.
Hotel workers training for civil disobedience in 15 cities
More than 1,000 cooks, dishwashers and housekeepers are training to carry out nonviolent civil disobedience on July 22 at Hyatt hotels in 15 cities across the nation.
Construction workers continue strike in Chicago
Some 15,000 construction workers in Chicagoland have been on strike for weeks over wages and health care benefits.
Teachers celebrate union milestone: 1.5 million members
SEATTLE-Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81st biennial convention here danced in the aisles July 9 celebrating their union surpassing 1.5 million members including almost 70,000 new members organized in the past year.
Teachers union endorses Oct. 2 One Nation jobs march
SEATTLE — Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81th Convention here applauded as AFT President Randi Weingarten urged them to mobilize for an October 2 jobs march on Washington, D.C.
Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
Strikers at Mott’s pick up nationwide support
Support from around the country is coming in to 300 striking workers at the Mott's apple products plant in Williamson, N.Y.
Workers of the world need a “new global economic order”
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the video below, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, summarizes an opinion expressed by many at this global union meet: Make the banks pay to create jobs and clean up their mess.
LaborFest 2010: Art, history and today's struggles
In the San Francisco Bay Area, July is LaborFest month - a cornucopia of film, video, tours, art, music, theater, panels, workshops and more, delving into the many issues and struggles of today's workers and those of earlier generations, at home and around the world.
