Teamsters voting on UPS pacts
Teamsters are voting on new contracts with UPS. They cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the U.S.
Anti-union greed the killer in Philly building collapse
Six people who died here June 5 have been described as being "of different backgrounds and classes."
Teachers march against “teach to the test”
Thousands of New York unionized teachers and their supporters descended on the state capital in Albany on June 8.
Dark day for journalism: Sun Times “deletes” photo department
Twenty-eight photojournalists were out the door in a blink; it was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture.
Unions say Senate must act to fill court vacancies
Richard Trumka said the Senate should "move expeditiously" to approve Obama's nominees for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for DC.
Labor Department could lose almost a third of its funds
The potential cuts dismay Democrats. They also already draw an implicit veto threat from the Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget.
Judge OKs Patriot Coal plan to renege on miners' pensions
A federal bankruptcy judge in St. Louis has left Patriot Coal's retirees - whom it inherited from Peabody Energy and Arch Coal - high and dry, and said Patriot could dump its union contracts, too.
NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race
Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.
Striking Walmart workers' caravan heads for firm's headquarters, annual meeting
A group of more than 100 Walmart workers from stores in Northern California, Miami, Boston, Denver and elsewhere started an extended strike on Memorial Day against the retail mega-monster.
Today in labor history: Ford goes to revolutionary Russia
On May 30, 1929, the Ford Motor Company signed a technical assistance contract to produce cars in the newly industrializing Soviet Union.
