Media fingerpointing occurs on the docks
Sometimes the conventional narrative the media tell about a news story feels so wrong I can't stand it.
AFL-CIO launches six-figure ad campaign to stop Fast Track
As soon as Congress introduces Trade Promotion Authority, the AFL-CIO will launch a massive six figure advertising campaign.
Official jobless rate stays at 5.5 percent
The U.S. official unemployment rate stayed at 5.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced.
Berger-Marks report guides working women toward greater influence in unions
A new report from the Berger-Marks Foundation gives working women a "how-to" guide to establish women's committees within unions.
Wisconsin workers barred from right-to-work-for-less signing ceremony
The national decline in union membership and soaring wage inequity are inescapable twin realities that make absurd the blaming of unions for fiscal problems.
Today in women’s and labor history: Teachers unite in NYC
The United Federation of Teachers was formed to represent New York City public school teachers on March 16, 1960.
Roadblocks to organizing in a revived economy
With wages flatlining and the middle class shrinking, why is union membership in decline?
Wisconsin rising against right to work for less
Walker's deception confronts overwhelming evidence that RTW will further hurt a low-wage state that needs more buying power.
Today in African American history: Birthday of writer Alice Walker
The writer and activist Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944 in Putnam County, Georgia.
Unions added 48,000 members last year
Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, but the workforce grew even more.
