Despite "right to work," union organizing not letting up in Michigan
Tea Party Republicans should have witnessed what took place last night at the Cesar Chavez Academy, a large for-profit charter school in Southwest Detroit.
Calif. ballot measure would fund public education
In a scenario possible only under California's bizarre budgeting process, the state's general services budget is now in the hands of a ballot measure to temporarily tax high personal incomes to fund education.
Today in labor history: Eisenhower enforces racial integration in Little Rock
Orval Faubus tried to prevent schools in Little Rock from integrating, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had ordered the desegregation of public schools three years prior.
Chicago teachers: “Assault on public education needs to end here”
"We didn't start this fight; the assault on public education started here and it needs to end here," declared Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union.
University of Oregon backs off attack on union
A new faculty union was certified by the Oregon Employment Relations Board shortly after the university's administration dropped legal objections it had filed.
U. Virginia students on solidarity hunger strike
Students at the University of Virginia this morning began the 12th day of their hunger strike in support of higher wages for university workers.
Chicago Teachers Union: Black teachers, students most affected by school closings
CHICAGO - Fed up with discrimination, the Chicago Teachers Union filed a complaint Feb. 9 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging the Board of Education's mass teacher layoffs last year unfairly impacted African American teachers.
Detroit labor says we are the 99 percent
Labor came out in a huge way to lend their support to Occupy Detroit this past Sunday, Nov. 6.
Over 800 youth converge in Minneapolis for AFL-CIO Next Up Summit
This year's AFL-CIO Next Up Summit Sept. 29 - Oct. had a very different flavor. Unlike the 2010 summit, this conference was lead and organized by young union members from across the country.
Labor youth summit opens in Minneapolis
The conference includes young workers, young union organizers and students, and is part of the AFL-CIO's attempts, over the last two years, to reach workers under age 35.
