Wisconsin governor swings budget axe
A massive fight-back has already begun, and even some long-time Republican legislators are questioning the wisdom of the Walker budget.
Nurses welcome veto of Keystone XL bill
"The miniscule number of jobs it would create are far outweighed by the enormous damage that this project creates to our health and in accelerating the climate crisis."
Union not surprised by flare-up at Whiting, Ind. BP plant
"We refuse to accept that fires, explosions, and working people to exhaustion are just the cost of doing this business -- these are all things that we can control."
The third try is the charm
Philadelphia joins two other cities, San Francisco, Calif., and Tacoma, Wash., and several states, in enacting earned paid sick leave.
Safety tops strike demands for oil workers at BP refinery
The workers' demands center on health and safety issues, contracting jobs out to non-union workers and health care.
Workers in Ohio and Indiana join USW strike against oil industry
"Management cannot continue to resist allowing workers a stronger voice on issues that could very well make the difference between life and death for too many of them."
Today in labor history: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
The FMLA was intended "to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of families."
Justices toss permanent company payment of union retiree health benefits
"The Yard-Man ruling violates ordinary contract principles by placing a thumb on the scale in favor of vested retiree benefits in all collective-bargaining agreements."
Kaiser Permanente mental health workers go on strike in California
Union demonstrators picket in front of 35 Kaiser Permanente locations throughout the state on behalf of some 2,600 mental health clinicians.
Republican House bill cuts workers' health care coverage
Some one million workers could lose their employer-provided health insurance under a Republican bill (H.R. 30) passed by the House today.
