Unions join religious leaders in Arizona law protests
PHOENIX (PAI)--Unionists joined religious leaders on July 29 in mass protests against Arizona's draconian anti-immigrant law.
Students claim win over Nike sweatshops
PORTLAND, Ore. (PAI)--Labor-backed United Students Against Sweatshops claimed a big win on July 26 when the world's largest shoe and apparel maker, Nike, agreed to pay the full $2.5 million two Honduran subcontractors owed their 1,800 workers.
SEIU, Unite Here settle dispute
The Service Employees International Union and Unite Here this week announced a settlement that brings to an end a dispute that has troubled the labor movement for over a year.
Thousands of hotel workers protest at Hyatts nationwide
CHICAGO - Thousands of Unite Here members and their labor and community supporters took to the streets in 15 cities across the U.S. and Canada July 22 in a coordinated protest at Hyatt hotels.
Construction workers continue strike in Chicago
Some 15,000 construction workers in Chicagoland have been on strike for weeks over wages and health care benefits.
Teachers celebrate union milestone: 1.5 million members
SEATTLE-Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81st biennial convention here danced in the aisles July 9 celebrating their union surpassing 1.5 million members including almost 70,000 new members organized in the past year.
Teachers union endorses Oct. 2 One Nation jobs march
SEATTLE — Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers 81th Convention here applauded as AFT President Randi Weingarten urged them to mobilize for an October 2 jobs march on Washington, D.C.
Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
Strikers at Mott’s pick up nationwide support
Support from around the country is coming in to 300 striking workers at the Mott's apple products plant in Williamson, N.Y.
Workers of the world need a “new global economic order”
VANCOUVER, Canada - In the video below, Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, summarizes an opinion expressed by many at this global union meet: Make the banks pay to create jobs and clean up their mess.
