Walmart workers plan new round of Black Friday protests
Walmart workers have been agitating peacefully for years for pro-worker changes at the notoriously anti-worker low-paying lousy-benefits retail monster.
Government workers march on Capitol Hill
Hundreds of AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill on Feb. 11 campaigning for national and union causes.
On recession’s sixth anniversary, U.S. still down 8 million jobs
Six years after the onset of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy needs nearly 8 million jobs to return to pre-recession health.
Emergency action urged on unemployment benefits
Call Congress at 1-877-318-0483 with the message "extend unemployment insurance now."
British union federation to push pay cap for execs
The British Trades Union Congress, the umbrella organization for that nation's unions, will push for a specific pay cap for Britain's executive class.
European trade unions unite to oppose cuts
Workers launched an unprecedented day of coordinated action across Europe Nov. 14, in the biggest fightback yet.
"Time to challenge basic assumptions," says Trumka
Americans must challenge and rethink three basic assumptions that have guided the country and the economy for the last 30 years and run both into the ditch, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
