New Chicago trend: charter school teachers unionize
One hundred teachers at four Chicago charter schools filed for union recognition March 19, joining 123 others who won their first contract last year.
Baltimore workers rally for jobs
BALTIMORE, Md. - Chanting "What do we want? Jobs. When do we want them? Now," a crowd of 300 union members and their community allies rallied in the rain at City Hall Mar. 22 to support a bill to create construction jobs for Baltimore City residents.
Labor takes the stage in immigration reform fight
Leaders of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions took part in the enormous March 21 immigration reform rally in Washington, arguing that fairer treatment of immigrant workers is essential to the struggle for all workers' rights.
Jazz-blues opera brings ‘Forgotten’ labor history to life
In "Forgotten: The Murder at the Ford Rouge Plant," the story of unsung labor hero Lewis Bradford, Methodist minister and union organizer, comes to life in Michigan on March 26.
Labor mobilizes votes for health care bill
The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted March 18 to support the Senate-passed health care bill, despite all its flaws.
Women's History Month event honors women in unions
DETROIT - In Recognition of Women's History Month, the Civil Rights Committee of the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO showed the film "Norma Rae."
The guy who delivers your mail takes a labor history tour
More of us, those who labor for a living, need to understand our roots. Let me grab a beer as I take you on a field trip.
Labor, allies line up behind new House jobs bill
Just 24 hours after the new Local Jobs for America Act was introduced into Congress by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., unions and their allies are lining up to support the legislation which they say will create one million jobs.
HomeGoods /TJX workers rally for union contract
Hundreds of HomeGoods / TJX workers with their families and supporters rallied at the company's distribution center here on March 10 to demand a fair contract to improve wages and health insurance benefits.
Plan to end Saturday mail delivery is un-American
CHICAGO — Who doesn’t love the smiling letter carrier who hands you the mail, pulls cats out of trees, braves fires, chases away burglars and engages in numberless additional acts of heroism?
