N.Y. and D.C low-wage workers win big
More than 200,000 low-wage workers got big wins from New York Mayor de Blasio and the Obama administration's Labor Department.
Atlanta symphony board majority locks out musicians for second time
The intransigent board majority of the Atlanta Symphony, seeking to cut costs by firing orchestra members, locked them out, Sept. 6.
Walmart moms demand better pay and protections for women workers
They have a list of changes the company must make to ensure that the women who are key to profits are not living in poverty or putting their health at risk.
GOP Senate leaders scheme to hamstring NLRB
They are upset by a General Counsel's memo saying franchise holders and the chains that enfranchise them are both responsible for obeying wage and working condition laws.
U.S. to push worker rights trade case vs. Guatemala
Saying the Guatemalan government did not live up to its own worker rights commitments, the Obama administration will push its trade case against the Central American nation.
Walmart forces workers to pay for new uniforms
"Every few months you guys dream up something new to torture the associates with."
Descendants of 1934's Teamster strikers carry proud legacy
Their parents or grandparents 80 years ago stood together and fought in the streets of Minneapolis for the right to organize a union during 1934's Teamster strikes.
1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike, one key precursor to Wagner Act
The strike brought all trucking inside the city to a standstill; two strikers died from the police shotgun blasts and 65-67 more were wounded.
Trumka: Workers "confused, angry, frustrated, scared"
But the mass movement of low-wage workers, fighting for better wages and working conditions and the right to organize, is helping show the way out of the morass.
NLRB official: Mercedes breaks labor law at Alabama auto plant
The UAW effort in Alabama is part of the union's new focus on organizing autoworkers at foreign "transplant" plants in the South.
