Oklahoma repeals collective bargaining for city workers
Oklahoma is expected to pass a measure that would repeal the rights of non-uniformed state employees to bargain for their wages and working conditions.
Drive opens to repeal union-busting Ohio law
Tens of thousands of petitions are hitting the streets of Ohio to repeal Senate Bill 5, a drastic union-busting law led by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. John Kasich.
Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats
The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.
Labor law enforcer: “I’m not dead yet!”
Collective bargaining remains one of the few effective ways to preserve the American middle class, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board says.
Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker
The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
Ohio labor vows to fight anti-labor bill
Massive rallies and town hall meetings in Ohio are underway as state lawmakers move to pass an anti-labor bill that would end 28 years of collective bargaining rights and break public employee unions.
Top labor leader says protests hike support for unions
"People are giving the labor movement another look now," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said at a press conference here March 1.
Ashtabula workers give GOP rep an earful
During a town hall meeting in Ohio this week hundreds of community and labor activists rallied against a Republican-led state senate bill that would destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Video: Chicago rally for Wisconsin workers
Well over 2000 union and community activists turned out last Saturday in Chicago to support battling public workers in Wisconsin.
Right now: 1,000 workers sit in and block Indiana state Senate
A thousand union members and their allies are sitting in and blocking the entrances to the state Senate chamber in Indianapolis.
