Teachers march against “teach to the test”
Thousands of New York unionized teachers and their supporters descended on the state capital in Albany on June 8.
May jobless rate at 7.6 percent
But the alleged business job creation rate is not enough to make a positive dent in the number of jobless, which was 11.8 million in May.
House GOP defeated again on prevailing wages
By a 231-192 tally, yet another House Republican move to trash workers' rights and incomes went down the drain on June 4.
Brooklyn Cablevision dodges ruling by going after NLRB
Brooklyn Cablevision workers voted to join the CWA and make it their bargaining representative. They've been in negotiations for a fair contract ever since then, with no success.
Union leaders question proposed U.S.-Europe ‘free trade’ pact
Union leaders from the U.S. and Europe are questioning the value and safeguards for workers in a proposed "free trade" pact between the world's two largest trading areas.
Maryland’s Gov. O’Malley pushes jobs program
"There is no progress without jobs, and there are no jobs without fiscal responsibility."
Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet
Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.
NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race
Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.
Union protests Obama's nomination of Pritzker
Saying Hyatt Hotel magnate Penny Pritzker destroys jobs, Unite Here members crowded into the back of a Senate hearing room to show the union opposes her nomination as U.S. Commerce Secretary.
Minimum wage earners: “You have to swallow your pride”
The Minnesota state legislator who spent a week living on the minimum wage met that week with three Minnesotans for whom the minimum-wage challenge is an everyday reality.
