Letter carriers step up drive to save Postal Service
Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando is challenging his union to step up its crusade to save the Postal Service, saying that "if we don't, no one else will."
Report: Public sector cuts kill private jobs, too
Public sector job cuts are politically motivated, orchestrated by the Republicans and disproportionately hurting women and minorities.
NYC public workers battle Bloomberg, with video
Even as Mayor Michael Bloomberg ladles out billions of dollars to contractors in questionable deals, the multimillionaire former businessman is trying to cut pay of 10,000 of the city's municipal trades workers.
Cities’ budget cuts target firefighters, slowing responses
From coast to coast, mayors and city councils are hacking away at firefighters' ranks in desperate attempts to cut budgets and save cash by cutting workers.
War on workers in Minnesota: unprecedented attacks in 2012 legislative session
Republicans unveiled an unprecedented attack on worker rights and protections, including the granddaddy of all anti-union legislation: "Right to work."
Under the gun, Congress OK’s 90-day fix on mass transit
The ruling House GOP wouldn't even let lawmakers vote on a 2-year bipartisan highway-mass transit bill the Senate approved earlier this month.
Trumka, Weingarten blame GOP for "super committee" failure
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFT President Randi Weingarten, blamed the flop on GOP refusal to abandon tax cuts for the rich.
Postal unions blast two "rescue" bills
Postal workers are blasting both Postal Service "rescue" bills as deeply flawed legislation that would come close to killing the Postal Service.
Workers taking "extraordinary measures" to save Postal Service
The National Association of Letter Carriers has revved up its campaign to save America's postal service.
Postal workers rally in St. Louis (video)
Postal workers held hundreds of simultaneous rallies all across the country to bring attention to a bill that would address the manufactured financial crisis facing the Postal Service.
