
"We have to care, We do care, We're all in," Inspiring report from Missouri labor
"We need to clearly, openly discuss the reality of racism in America, we have a big vision of a better nation.""

Coming in October: North American Labor History Conference
Started in 1979, Detroit's annual Labor History Conference has continuously brought pressing issues faced by the worldwide working class to the front of academic scholarship.

Ohio unions gear up for November elections
"I have never seen such hostility, so many non-stop attacks on working people. The greedy corporate forces won't stop unless and until we stop them."

Today in labor history: Huge Solidarity Day march in Washington
Hundreds of thousands of union members marched past the White House to protest Ronald Reagan's union-busting.
Election is biggest union organizing victory in the South in decades
New American Airlines passenger service agents vote big for union representation.

Today in labor history: Jewish labor leaders stamps issued
The progressive secular Jewish Currents magazine issued the stamps: Notable among them are four women and a range of ideological orientations

AFL-CIO president: Michael Brown is family (video)
"Our brother killed our sister's son and we do not have to wait for the judgment of prosecutors or courts to tell us how terrible this is."

Letter Carriers honor heroes for foiling child molester
All the honorees are examples of "courage, compassion and dedication or all three," said Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando.

Fast food workers rally in Times Square
The message of the demonstrators was that they are prepared to do whatever it takes to win respect and a living wage, $15 and a union.

Nine years after Katrina, school workers still fighting for justice
It's taken nine years, but some 7,000 former New Orleans school workers may be headed for a multimillion-dollar win of back wages and penalties this fall.

