Postal workers, customers save Saturday mail – for now
The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it would delay its plan to cease delivery of first-class mail on Saturdays.
Republicans oppose even Obama’s GOP picks for labor board
Right-wing House Republicans schemed to hamstring the board and bring it to a dead halt.
Thousands descend on D.C. to demand immigration reform
Adonis Flores says immigration reform affects him and his family "personally."
Two big city mayors oppose paid sick leave
Two big-city mayors, New York's Michael Bloomberg and Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, are strongly opposing paid sick leave for private-sector workers in their cities.
Union and community members hit Hyatt for union-busting
Unite Here Local 19, which sponsored the protest, has been struggling for union recognition at the Hyatt Santa Clara for four years.
Mid-air collision fear grows as control towers shut down
It's more than just jobs on the chopping block as air traffic control towers at 149 airports begin shutting down this month.
Federal lawmakers join state reps in attack on public workers
Right-wing federal lawmaker are backing up state government attacks on state and local workers' pensions through a measure that, if passed, would make the pensions virtually unaffordable.
What I learned from the Immokalee workers
Earlier this month I marched for three days with Florida's Immokalee farmworkers and their supporters.
Rank and file longshore leader honored at memorial
The South African government honored longtime International Longshore and Warehouse Union activist Leo Robinson with its Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award.
“Five day, no way,” postal workers say!
The chant came loud and clear: "Five day, no way." At the Post Office here and all across the nation, postal worker unions turned out in huge numbers.
