Taxi drivers honor AFL-CIO leader
New York City taxi drivers and supporters gathered at the headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers in lower Manhattan.
2,000 march in New Haven for jobs pipeline
The movement in New Haven for jobs, youth opportunity, and an end to violence filled the streets with a march of 2,000 last week.
Reverberations of Mexico Walmart scandal
The accusations, which workers have leveled at the giant range from desecration of the important archeological site of Teotihuacan to the introduction of genetically-modified foods.
Unions: Colombia trade deal stinks
The AFL-CIO described it as "deeply disappointing and troubling."
GOP attack on Michigan school workers never stops
Public school employees charged that Michigan State Senate Bill 1040 would severely slash retiree health and pension benefits.
Labor exposes Alabama law to world scrutiny
Labor has taken its campaign against Alabama's racist, anti-Hispanic, anti-immigrant law international.
Workers across the country slam Verizon for refusing to talk
Members of the Communications Workers of America, other unions and student and community allies protested outside of a Verizon wireless store.
UK's labor leader Bob Crow builds solidarity at the Left Labor Project
We believe the trade union movement is not just about what wages or what contract you get but about the social side: Decent transportation, affordable housing, a decent welfare state.
U.S. nurses backed general strike in U.K.
The National Nurses Union led a coalition of U.S. unions that demonstrated in six cities on Nov. 30 to back British public workers, who staged a one-day strike.
Trumka, Weingarten blame GOP for "super committee" failure
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and AFT President Randi Weingarten, blamed the flop on GOP refusal to abandon tax cuts for the rich.
