Big business again sues labor board over union election rules
Here we go again. Business groups are suing the National Labor Relations Board over the new union election rules it finalized in December.
Today in labor history: Federal workers gain the right to join unions
On January 17, 1962, President John Kennedy signs Executive Order 10988, recognizing the right of federal employees to bargain collectively.
Raising wages agenda rolled out at AFL-CIO summit
The nation's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, rolled out here today its first- ever Raising Wages agenda.
Postal Service begins process of slowing first class mail, unions outraged
The service cutbacks come on the heels of record-breaking and successful holiday deliveries of 15.5 billion packages, letters and parcels.
Home care ruling shows negative impact of courts on workers
A Dec. 22 decision showed that men and women in black robes can yank away what workers win in the executive branch, on Capitol Hill, or at the bargaining table.
Help make an IBEW striker smile for the holidays!
The union workers of FairPoint believe in serving their customers, not kowtowing to the company's greedy Wall Street owners.
New UAW president out to end inequality
In a Q and A with journalists from Detroit and across the country, addressing "inequality" in the workplace and community was a common thread.
Holiday gift shopping: Products made by union workers
It's getting there, but it's not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America.
Amistad Awards show what solidarity looks like
Honorees and attendees alike showed what solidarity looks like at the 2014 People's World Amistad Awards, "People & Nature before Profits."
Union leaders and immigrants’ rights advocates: new trade pacts disastrous
Implementation of new "free trade" pacts, and specifically the TPP between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, could lead to mass unemployment in Latin America.
