Yale strike victory celebration looks to the future
"Today it's your turn to step up to the plate and help other workers without unions organize, just as those unions stood with you 30 years ago."
Immokalee workers receive presidential medal
The CIW has "organized communities, stood by tomato workers for more than 20 years, and changed the face of this industry."
Oil workers begin largest strike since 1980
The USW called for its refinery workers to stage their walkout after negotiations with Shell Oil Co. broke down less than two weeks after they began.
Los Angeles standing up to raise minimum wage
Supporters of the Raise the Wage Campaign, including church organizations, students groups, seniors, immigrant right groups, unions and labor leaders rallied at City Hall in LA.
Right-to-work: smokescreen for corporate interests
It's up to us, union workers, and non-union workers alike, to make our voices heard and stop this attack on unions.
Justices toss permanent company payment of union retiree health benefits
"The Yard-Man ruling violates ordinary contract principles by placing a thumb on the scale in favor of vested retiree benefits in all collective-bargaining agreements."
Postal unions, allies go ‘back to the future’ with banking plan for USPS
The nation's four postal unions and their allies have taken at least one leaf from the movie "Back to the Future."
Officials admit bosses to blame for West Coast port tie-up
Longshore workers are ready, willing and able to clear the backlog created by the industry's poor decisions.
McDonald’s workers sue fast food giant over racial and sexual discrimination
McDonald's workers who were fired last year after being told, "There are too many black people [working] in the store."
Unions added 48,000 members last year
Union density was 11.1 percent in 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, but the workforce grew even more.
