Lawmaker goes to bat for home care workers
WASHINGTON (PAI)--Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., is trying to get the nation's home health care workers the right to earn at least the minimum wage and overtime.
AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana
SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency.
Domestic workers win basic labor rights
NEW YORK-After a six-year struggle, domestic workers here won a huge victory.
Wal-Mart makes deal with unions on Chicago stores
Wal-Mart makes a deal with Chicago unions on wages, community development fund and PLAs -- Project-Labor Agreements -- after a six-year bruising battle.
AFL-CIO president issues ringing call for immigrant rights
CLEVELAND - In a major policy statement, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka said the denial of rights to millions of undocumented workers threatens all Americans.
In English, Chinese and Spanish, low-wage workers demand rights bill
Workers unite across language, race and neighborhood barriers for a Low Wage Workers Bill of Rights.
Congress Hotel strikers join forces for immigration reform
The Congress Hotel workers enter their seventh year on strike -- the longest in American history.
Arkansas lesson: organize the South
There was justice in organized labor's efforts to unseat Blanche Lincoln - but the real issue is the unfulfilled historic legacy of its plans to organize the South.
Vale Inco declares war on striking steelworkers
Last week mediated talks broke off between United Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale Inco, the giant Brazilian owned transnational mining company, at two mines in Ontario, Canada.
“Worse than Katrina,” La. leaders warn oil spill worse than media says
NEW ORLEANS - Labor leaders here say the oil spill will be worse for workers in this region than Hurricane Katrina was almost five years ago and that the major media, both locally and nationally, are actually downplaying its significance.
