Unions ramp up pressure ahead of Fast Track vote
The AFL-CIO is ramping up efforts to stop Fast Track with a targeted advertising blitz against undecided members of Congress.
Unions criticize GOP proposal to spin off Federal Aviation Administration
Unions representing workers at the FAA are criticizing a House Republican proposal to spin off the administration.
Unions demand opening of secret trade pacts
On June 2, hundreds of unionists and their allies descended on the office of the Obama administration's U.S. Trade Representative.
Unions open contract talks with General Electric
The negotiations cover 10,000 IUE-CWA workers and another 6,000 workers from other U.S. unions.
Coalition says Rauner’s compassion extends only to his rich buddies
"To say Illinois legislators are not for the middle class, but for the political class is disingenuous on the part of Gov. Bruce Rauner."
Video: Chicago teachers protest charter expansion
Teachers union activists assembled at the Chicago Public School Board before classes began to protest plans to expand for-profit charter schools.
Rail safety problems trigger protests
Railroad Workers United reported that the first protest about safety, or lack of it, on rail lines occurred in Chicago on May 27.
New NEA president Eskelsen Garcia brings verve, edge to union
Teacher Lily Eskelsen Garcia has seen poverty's impact on her students, so for her, the issue is personal.
Right-to-work loses in Illinois house, heads for Missouri veto
In a rebuke to GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner's anti-worker agenda, the Democratic-run Illinois House voted his bill down.
Cleveland labor launches campaign against racism
The North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor has launched a campaign to support the fight against racism.
