Republicans plan FAA shutdown to bust unions
Republican union busters are planning, just in time for the holidays, a shut down of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Republicans see assaulting workers as more important than creating jobs
Just days before Election Day, 2011, a national group devoted to workers rights has issued a scathing report about Republican intentions toward workers.
Workers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues
Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.
Tobacco workers exposed to human rights abuse
Farm workers face job-related hazards, including heat stroke, pesticide, and acute nicotine poisoning.
California car wash workers win union contract
On Tuesday, workers at Bonus Car Wash in Santa Monica, Calif. reached a contract, becoming the first-ever Southern California car wash to unionize, reported the AFL-CIO.
California hotel ordered to shell out $36,000 in back pay
An Embassy Suites hotel was found guilty of denying required paid rest breaks to seven of its workers, and has been ordered to pay each of them about $5,000.
Jersey casino fights labor board
At issue is the hotel's court challenge to NLRB's certification of the United Auto Workers to represent the casino's full and part-time dealers.
Labor history: 2011 marks unhappy anniversary on job safety
The year 2011 should serve as a reminder of how far the U.S. has come on job safety issues - and how far it has yet to go.
Verizon bargaining resumes, workers end strike
Some 45,000 unionized Verizon workers, members of CWA and IBEW returned to work at a minute past midnight on Aug. 23, ending their 2-week strike. The old contract was reinstated, pending the outcome of re-started bargaining between the telecom firm and the two unions.
Unions say Verizon taking its cue from Wisconsin's governor
Union leaders say Verizon management, taking its lead from right-wing GOP governors, is trying to kill public support for its striking workers by portraying them as an overpaid elite.
