Rallies for $15 minimum wage to be held nationwide November 10
Polls show that Americans support raising the minimum wage - in recent years 14 states have done so.
Liz Yates, 90, helped organize Seattle teachers
Elizabeth Yates who helped unionize her fellow Seattle school teachers and remained a lifelong progressive activist.
Retired Teamsters slammed by budget bill
Thousands of retired Teamsters have been blasted this month by major cuts to their pensions.
El Super workers continue fighting after 720 days with no contract
El Super market workers continued their fight for a fair contract with hundreds demonstrating last week.
Survey: Health care premiums continue to outpace inflation and wages
The survey confirms what most workers already feel: Health care costs are gobbling up more and more of their wages.
NLRB declares taxi drivers are employees, can vote to unionize
Taxi drivers, like millions of other such exploited workers nationwide, are not "independent contractors" but are really employees.
Experts: “New” economy is just another way to suppress workers’ rights
"New" economy workers can only be protected by policies that protect all workers, like ones that define the difference between an employee and an independent contractor.
Sanders addresses and marches with Verizon picketers
When's the last time a presidential hopeful walked a picket line?
AFL-CIO’s largest union endorses Clinton
"AFSCME members want a candidate who is committed to fixing our out-of-balance economy and raising incomes for working people."
Labor launches new measures to wipe out unequal pay for women
The labor federation is launching measures to wipe out pay inequality based on gender, and to guarantee that all workers have paid family and sick leave and fair scheduling.
