Labor News

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-roberts.jpg

More indictments coming in Upper Big Branch disaster

The indictment of the security supervisor at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch will be the first of many indictments after an explosion killed 29 West Virginia miners.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-nabet.jpg

11-hour picket slams Gannett union-busting

60 broadcast technicians and engineers at WKYC-TV Channel 3 are standing up to the Gannett Corporation's nationwide union-busting rampage.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-NYrally520x300.jpg

New Yorkers hit budget cuts

Originally slated as a rally against Mayor Bloomberg's threatened layoffs and cutbacks, the rally became one in a series of actions in solidarity with Wisconsin public workers.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-Ironworkers520x300.jpg

Protesters remain in Wisconsin Capitol despite Gov's order to clear out

Demonstrators slept overnight in Wisconsin's Capitol and continued to rally inside today, almost 24 hours after Republican Gov. Walker ordered police to clear them out.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-ColumbusFirefightPlumb2.jpg

Wisconsin and the tea party: an Ohio worker speaks his mind

John Boehner's office told me he supports collective bargaining. Despite the lies, my vote went with labor. But what of those who believed the tea party?

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-JPHCapitol.jpg

Pro-union rallies spread, message deepens

For many who feel the country has been hijacked by corporate power the union democratic  model is appealing.

Kentucky unions rally at the Capitol

For an hour and a half Saturday February 26, a multi-generational, multi-racial crowd of over 200 stood in the cold outside the Kentucky capitol building singing songs, chanting, and listening to speeches.

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-Olympia2.jpg

Cheesehead solidarity: 3,000 jam Wash. state capital

Roaring solidarity with Wisconsin workers, many in the crowd wore Green Bay Packer "cheesehead" foam hats, symbolizing how the "Cheddar Revolution" has spread nationwide from America's Dairyland. 

assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedImage100100-PhillyRally.jpg

Philadelphia rally for Wisconsin workers: Everybody needs a union

A dense crowd packed the Thomas Paine Plaza across from City Hall for a lunchtime rally Feb. 24 to support embattled workers in Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

Youngstown protests Kasich Chamber of Commerce visit

Over 1,000 demonstrators converged on the regional airport in Youngstown, Ohio, today to protest the arrival of Gov. John Kasich.

1199 200 201 202 203221