Victory for hospital workers: $15 for 15
"This is an important victory. Johns Hopkins Hospital sets the standard for healthcare in our city and that standard has just been raised."
“Swamp People” carry union cards
A majority of writer-producers at reality TV production company Original Media, creator of "Swamp People," voted overwhelmingly to join the Writers Guild of America, East.
UAW officially charters new union local at Chattanooga Volkswagen
Company assurance to the union notwithstanding, the UAW still has to deal with rightwing politicians in Tennessee who don't want to see any unions in their state.
Union and mayor agree on contract for 121,000 NYC workers
The DC37 pact, which covers workers at 53 locals, is important as a potential pacesetter for other unions in the Big Apple.
AFT local battles Missouri anti-teacher tenure initiative
Teach Great, a coalition backed by billionaire Rex Sinquefield, is funding the ballot initiative.
New contract to give low-paid Johns Hopkins workers hefty raises
"This is an important victory for patients and workers all across Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Hospital sets the standard for healthcare and that standard has just been raised."
Union to be put in place at VW Chattanooga plant after all
It was announced here today by the United Auto Workers union and Volkswagen employees that the UAW will begin representing workers at the plant in Chattanooga.
Britain: Biggest walkout in a generation
Workers from many walks of life will join picket lines a day after Tories threatened to impose new anti-union laws if they win the next election.
Today in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor born
Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions
Breaking the myth of "un-organizable" workers
Labor must organize the three pillars of workers: low wage workers, professional and highly skilled workers and workers internationally cross-border.
