Union leaders wish Obama had come out for right to organize
Union leaders see the weakening of union rights and the drop in union membership numbers as key factors in the backward movement of the middle class.
Obama names two to labor board
When it comes to the National Labor Relations Board nominations, the story line may be summed up in one sentence: Here we go again.
Workers at Brooklyn Cablevision demand: “Bring 'em back!”
Scores of workers at dusk on February 6 chanted for Cablevision to rehire 22 workers.
AFL-CIO launches campaign for immigration reform
The AFL-CIO is launching a presidential style mass nationwide campaign.
Connecticut nursing home battle may go to Supreme Court
The conflict between almost 700 workers at five Connecticut nursing homes and their chain employer may be headed for the Supreme Court.
Elections have consequences: “Right to work” is one of them
The GOP majority in the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is pushing a so-called "right-to-work" law in the Quaker State.
Union hopes $4 billion fine will force change at BP
Steelworkers Vice President Gary Beevers hopes the record fine and criminal charge pleas by British Petroleum will finally force the oil industry to take safety seriously.
Single-payer health care advocates plan new campaign
Some 200 union advocates of single-payer government-run national health care met in Chicago in mid-January to plan their next moves.
Harkin, Senate Labor Committee chairman, to retire
Senate Labor Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said on Jan. 26 that he would not seek re-election next year.
Union membership declined by 398,000 in 2012
The number of union members nationwide declined by 398,000 from 2011 to 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says in its latest report.
