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.
CWA’s Larson warns of post-election push for Trans-Pacific Pact
CWA's legislative director is urging his union's activists - and other unionists - to keep the pressure on lawmakers to vote against the TPP.
Airport screeners seek more staff, better treatment
In the last five years, 100 million more passengers are flying, but the number of screeners has not kept up.
Connecticut AFL-CIO: "We need an inclusion revolution"
"To restore our country, to make America great again, we need an inclusion revolution."
Union leaders express outrage at Orlando massacre, sympathy for victims and families
"I don't know where to begin. Fifty dead, many more wounded, in the worst mass shooting in American history. I am sick and heartbroken."
Active unionists go one for two in June 5 primaries
One of them, who won in New Jersey, said he would continue to push for more jobs and safer neighborhoods.
Labor board puts new limits on when employers may permanently replace strikers
Employers must now prove to the NLRB that they aren't replacing striking workers for illegal reasons.
United Auto Workers union endorses Clinton
The decision is notable because of UAW's past history as a beacon of progressivism.
Unions: New Verizon pact gives raises, halts outsourcing, adds jobs
Some 40,000 Verizon workers from Maine down through Virginia marched back to work today after a company-forced 45-day strike earned them victories.
Court says workers can't be forced to sign mandatory arbitration clauses
Abstract: Forcing workers to sign away their right to sue or join class action lawsuits against employers violates the National Labor Relations Act, says the 7th Circuit.
