Brooklyn Cablevision dodges ruling by going after NLRB
Brooklyn Cablevision workers voted to join the CWA and make it their bargaining representative. They've been in negotiations for a fair contract ever since then, with no success.
Today in labor history: The Fort Dix stockade rebellion
On June 5th, 1969, more than one hundred imprisoned soldiers rose up against deplorable and inhumane conditions at the Fort Dix stockade in New Jersey.
Walmart worker tells why she is striking
A busload of fellow Walmart workers along with community supporters stood with Walmart worker Lisa Lopez as she informed her store managers that she was going on strike.
Union leaders question proposed U.S.-Europe ‘free trade’ pact
Union leaders from the U.S. and Europe are questioning the value and safeguards for workers in a proposed "free trade" pact between the world's two largest trading areas.
Today in labor history: Massachusetts establishes first minimum wage
Much later, in 1938, the country would get a federal minimum wage law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But this initial law was still a powerful move.
Maryland’s Gov. O’Malley pushes jobs program
"There is no progress without jobs, and there are no jobs without fiscal responsibility."
Union BBQs for strikers on way to Walmart shareholders meet
Union brothers and sisters and community supporters organized a barbecue for a caravan of striking Walmart workers who stopped in Orlando on May 28.
Today in labor history: Int'l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded
Today in labor history in 1900 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union was founded in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them.
Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
Congress Hotel strike ends, fight of hotel workers goes on
With the 10th anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike approaching, Unite Here Local 1, the union representing Chicago's hospitality workers, announced the end of strike on May 29.
