Court upholds federal minimum wage, overtime pay for home health care workers
The workers hailed the judges' decision, saying it would bring them out of the low-paying shadows many now toil in.
Nevada unions to Trump: pay your hotel’s workers fair wages
As far as Nevada's unions are concerned, Donald Trump should put his money where his mouth is.
AFL-CIO puts spotlight on wage efforts in Twin Cities
Ongoing campaigns to raise wages and improve working conditions in the Twin Cities are drawing national attention.
Today in labor history: NYC subway workers show their muscle
Eighty years ago, TWU president Mike Quill and his union colleagues were jumped by thugs as they made their way to union headquarters.
Steelworkers, top firms at odds as contract deadline approaches
Steelworkers and the nation's top steel companies are at odds in negotiations as the deadline for a new contract approaches.
Court orders El Super to reinstate Fermin Rodriquez, fired organizer
"I am incredibly excited to be returning to my job where I can continue to fight for dignity and respect for all El Super workers."
Judge to hear case against USPS deal with Staples
"If the NLRB sustains the allegations in the complaint, it could effectively end Staples' foray into the mail business."
St. Louis bricklayers strike ends in total victory
The victory also ends a contractors' lawsuit that, had it succeeded, would have endangered all traditional union pension plans in the U.S.
DC unions back streetcar workers fired for organizing
"The fired streetcar workers are heroes and they stood up for the right of workers to organize a union; they stood up for the dignity of workers."
Canada's prime minister jams anti-union law through Parliament
"Unions are far more democratic, transparent, and accountable to their members than this prime minister and his government are to taxpayers."
