Workers at a New York T-Mobile outlet go union
Workers at a Metro PCS store in Harlem have voted this week for union representation by the CWA by a vote of 7-1.
Today in labor history: Congress approves Bill of Rights
On Sept. 25, 1789, the first Congress of the U.S. approved 12 amendments to the recently adopted U.S. Constitution, and sent them to the states for ratification.
Miners encircle Peabody coal company's headquarters
"This is a struggle for all that is good and decent in our country," Steve Earle, UMWA District 12 vice president, told nearly 2,000 mine workers.
D.C. unions to City Council: We’ll remember your Walmart vote
Workers citywide will remember which city council members voted for Walmart in upholding Mayor Vincent Gray's veto of legislation requiring a $12.50 minimum wage.
Today in labor history: California landmark Paid Family Leave
On September 23, 2002, Democratic California Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation making the state the first to offer workers paid family leave.
Connecticut takes on AT&T and ALEC
The Communications Workers of America Local 1298 went into full gear to mobilize opposition.
Irish unions battle minimum wage cuts
Can you imagine battling the Great Recession by cutting the minimum wage?
More AFL-CIO Convention coverage here than anywhere else
Many of our hardest working union sisters and brothers just completed the most important AFL-CIO convention in history.
Labor to “play heavily” in state elections next year
Organized labor, with its community allies, will "play heavily" in state gubernatorial and legislative races next year, its top two political operatives say.
"Mr. Clean" gives guest workers a dirty deal
America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they have.
