AFL-CIO adds single-payer insurance to its Raising Wages campaign
Union leaders passed a resolution that calls upon the AFL-CIO to add a demand for single-payer heath insurance to the federation's Raising Wages campaign.
Top union leader describes GOP presidential hopefuls as money-grubbing
"Americans deserve better than mean-spirited, self-serving politicians."
Presidential candidates knocking at labor’s door this week
The AFL-CIO hopes to lay out a strategy to unite workers across the country behind its Raising Wages Agenda and behind a broad program of progressive action.
Striking federal contract workers demand "$15 and a union"
All are employed by huge corporations that have been awarded contracts by the federal government, and all earn poverty wages.
Today in labor history: Brewery workers unite!
On this date in 1886, brewery workers in San Francisco declared a historic victory against the brewery owners.
Obama names emergency board in NJ Transit dispute
President Obama named the board, at the request of the unions representing the railroad's 4,000 workers, on July 16.
GOP funding bill would force the NLRB to lay off one-third of its staff
The Obama administration is blasting a GOP-authored money bill that would underfund the Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services Depts.
Clinton, Sanders meet top union leaders
The two leading Democratic presidential contenders met behind closed doors with top union leaders to talk positions and strategy.
Time to raise Social Security benefits: highlights of Retired Americans Conference
The 2015 Alliance for Retired Americans Legislative Conference took place July 7 thru 10.
Abolition of two-tier wage system tops UAW bargaining with GM
"A society built on low-wage jobs does not deliver purchasing power."
