Missourians: Real deficit is the jobs deficit
"We cannot cut our way to job creation," the Rev. Roosevelt Broadnax told labor and community allies.
Locked out sugar workers reject deal for fourth time
This is the fourth time members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union have voted down an identical offer.
Indy stands up for Walmart workers
Nearly 40 community and union members showed up at an East Side Walmart here to show solidarity with the store's workers.
Unions focus ads on “fiscal cliff” issues
"The voters spoke loud and clear and rejected any cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security."
USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say
While the USPS was closed on Veterans Day, Portland, Ore. postal employees used their day off to say that if USPS really wants to honor veterans, it should hire them.
If unemployment insurance extensions expire, economy will lose 400,000 jobs in 2013
If the federally funded extended unemployment insurance benefits expire at the end of 2012, the economy will lose 400,000 jobs in 2013.
Union leaders to Obama: raise taxes on the rich, aid middle class
Union leaders meeting with Barack Obama on Nov. 13 urged him to stick to his campaign pledges to raise taxes on the rich and to aid the middle class.
Labor pushing hard in final days before election
Organized labor's final election push turned to get-out-the-vote and voter protection.
Jesse Jackson among 14 arrested at Bain-owned Illinois plant
For facing down attempts to curb their free speech rights, 14 people were arrested yesterday evening when they marched on the Bain-owned Sensata.
Sensata closes for weekend over “Bainport” publicity
Not only will Romney profit from outsourcing through stock he owns, but his 2011 tax returns reveal he got a huge tax break by moving Sensata stock to a charity organization he controls.
