Teachers union leaders split as panel starts rewriting education law
Leaders of the nation's two large teachers' unions are split on a bipartisan effort by a key Senate committee to rewrite the federal aid-to-education law.
Berkeley demonstration for $15 at site of 60’s Free Speech Movement
Low wage workers were joined by dozens of area unions and community organizations in a massive demonstration for $15 and a union.
LA women on hunger strike for $15 at mayor's door
"We are bringing this fight to the doors of the mayor and city council members, telling them what they are proposing is not enough."
Low wage workers rally at Connecticut state capitol
The beautiful, sunny day put an extra spring in the steps of the protesters who chanted, "What do we want? - 15!, When do we want it - Now!"
Miners and farmers challenge Mexico’s copper giant
"The government and Grupo Mexico are making history but backwards, taking away the right to strike and the right to industrial safety."
Housekeepers on strike at Chicago’s Monaco Hotel
"I love my job, but it has been very difficult. I clean sixteen rooms every day. When I get home from work I feel pain all over my body."
Today in labor history: The 1968 Memphis sanitation strike ends
On this date in 1968, the Memphis Sanitation Strike came to an end.
Unions make LA ground zero for raise the wage movement
Californians, from Berkeley to San Diego, were out in force in yesterday's Global Day of Action to raise the wage.
The nation rallies today for $15 and a union!
Strikes, marches, and rallies are happening coast to coast today in hundreds of towns and cities.
Parables for organizers: Don Tormey and the plane crash
Tormey's parable of union leadership: "The most important person on the plane became a passenger who was a union organizer; why her?"
