MU graduate workers say “union” in a landslide
While the vote result is a substantial victory, it's just the latest step in the campaign for justice for MU graduate workers.
Labor tackles the problem of union members voting for Trump
"Without a countervailing pull of authentic engagement, the appeal of right wing rhetoric will continue."
Rev. Barber: Voting rights fight is do or die for labor
"The labor rights and voting rights movements are interconnected - we must be smart enough to hook up; if we do, we can change this nation."
Unionists lobby to restore, strengthen Voting Rights Act
"We care about workers' rights, which are in a shambles and are a disgrace, but we can't win these fights if 30 million people can't vote."
Labor launches Forward Baltimore to register 10,000 voters
The campaign will bring out at least 75 percent of newly-registered voters in for the primary elections in April 2016.
Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ produces few wins for workers
And the wins workers got, on amendments denouncing USPS cuts and advocating paid family and medical leave, may only be symbolic.
Remembering: The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913
The first suffragist demonstration took place in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913.
Union democracy preserved: Teamster members retain right to vote
This is another step Teamsters members have taken to move their union away from its sordid past and towards a powerful democratic future.
Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born
Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.
Trumka: Voters said they were “desperate” for new economic life
"The fact of the matter is that people are disillusioned by endless political bickering and eyed these elections with great dispirit."
