Unions to GOP: "You’re next on the unemployment lines!”
National labor leaders are telling GOP lawmakers to stop playing partsian games on the question of jobs and that come Nov., 2012, Republicans will be next on the unemployment lines.
Unionists lobby vs. trade pacts
Unionists face uphill odds in battling against so-called U.S. "free trade" pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.
Retiree group working to get seniors to back Obama
The labor-backed Alliance for Retired Americans is gearing up for a tough battle - getting non-union retirees to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.
Michigan labor ready to march on Labor Day, win in 2012
With a Republican governor and Republican-controlled legislature, Labor Day Mobilization Luncheon took on special significance.
Labor welcomes U.S. move in Guatemalan labor rights
Organized labor welcomed the Obama administration's first move against rampant labor rights violations in Guatemala.
Labor leaders at White House press Obama on jobs
Labor leaders met for more than an hour with President Obama on Tuesday, urging him to focus on jobs for the remainder of his first term.
Labor says jobs deficit is the real crisis
Labor leaders say the nation's real crisis is not a debt crisis but an unemployment crisis and spending cuts could, in fact, spiral the country into an even deeper recession.
Union leaders blast White House Wal-Mart alliance
Everyone wants more fresh food in low-income communities, but Wal-Mart's lousy anti-worker stands undermine those same communities.
Labor, democracy and the debt ceiling
Discussing the negotiations on the debt ceiling got me thinking about some early experiences in the labor movement.
GOP bashes labor board
Ruling Republicans on the intensely ideological House Education and the Workforce Committee seized on a National Labor Relations Board proposal to streamline union election processes to once again bash the agency and organized labor.
