AFL-CIO: Prosperity requires stronger labor laws
Strengthening labor law is part of a comprehensive plan for shared prosperity the AFL-CIO Executive Council endorsed last week.
Free trade pact yields few gains for Colombian workers
One year after the controversial U.S.-Colombian "free trade agreement", workers' rights have improved on paper, but very little on the ground.
Peugeot to sacrifice workers for profit
Philippe Varin's decision to cut 8,000 jobs and close a factory in France has rightly provoked shock and outrage.
Janitors strike in Houston spreads to eight cities
Tomorrow the Houston janitors' strike, now in its second week, will spread to eight cities across the country. The strike has garnered significant national support.
Maine lobstermen stop work
"Enough." That's what lobstermen along the Maine coast are saying in unison.
Workers bashed in Pennsylvania
In one of the most extreme cases of worker bashing to balance a budget, the mayor unilaterally cut the wages of city workers to the $7.25 hourly federal minimum.
Airport workers picket for right to organize
Workers at several Oakland Airport concessions and their supporters held an informational picket outside the terminal July 6.
Biggest public worker union elects new president
"You provide the safe neighborhoods, you provide the good schools, you provide the hospitals. We owe you!" Biden declared.
A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan
Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.
Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
