Steelworkers, top British union, hold joint Congress
The London conference discussed participation by rank and file delegations of activists in each other's education, rapid response, health and safety, civil rights, and women's conferences.
First Mexican trucking firm allowed over all U.S. roads flunks
The first Mexican trucking firm given tentative approval to have its trucks roll over all U.S. roads has flunked.
Locked out sugar plant workers blame company for fires
Locked out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Dayton, N.D., and in East Grand Forks, Minn., on untrained scabs hired to replace them.
For Air Canada workers, tentative pact in tough conditions
Air Canada is the world's ninth largest passenger airline and was an independent government-owned enterprise until its privatization in the 1980s.
Workers see sugar lockout as part of bigger anti-union push
Workers believe that American Crystal Sugar has locked out 1,300 employees at seven plants in three states in order to take advantage of the nationwide attacks on unions.
AFL-CIO backs "people's movement" in Middle East
The executive council praised the role workers and independent trade unions are playing in the popular mobilizations against corrupt, oppressive regimes.
Steelworkers warn Congress: Don't back trade that hurts workers
The Steelworkers have laid out, again, a detailed case against all three pending "free trade" agreements - with Colombia, Panama and South Korea - circulating on Capitol Hill.
Labor board: Employers must prove hardship claims
The top enforcement official of the National Labor Relations Board is telling his regional officers to look at employers' "inability to pay" claims and at specific union demands for financial data, simultaneously.
Obama: No trade deals without help for workers
The Obama administration tells congressional Republicans, biggest backers of so-called "free trade" treaties, they must restore trade aid for workers who lost their jobs to imports.
Airline unions create international alliance
Fourteen unions from eight nations, all representing groups of airline workers, created an international alliance to strengthen themselves and their members against increasingly trans-national airline combinations.
