Trumka: Workers "confused, angry, frustrated, scared"
But the mass movement of low-wage workers, fighting for better wages and working conditions and the right to organize, is helping show the way out of the morass.
NLRB slams Postal Service for Staples privatization deal
And half the U.S. Senate now opposes U.S. Postal Service management's plan to close 82 more distribution centers.
Today in Labor History: Wildfire kills 78 firefighters
It is believed to be the largest fire in U.S. history and the deadliest until the September 11 attacks in 2001
Today in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank
On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.
USW rolls out platform, denounces greedy forces out to destroy workers
Delegates adopted a multi-point action platform for coming years to battle what President Gerard called "shrewd, greedy and powerful" forces out to destroy workers.
Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
Today in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen's strike
On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
Golden Gate Bridge workers authorize a strike
The 450 workers in the 13 unions that comprise the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition have authorized a strike if a new agreement cannot be reached.
NLRB official: Mercedes breaks labor law at Alabama auto plant
The UAW effort in Alabama is part of the union's new focus on organizing autoworkers at foreign "transplant" plants in the South.
British MPs cry when they tour North Carolina tobacco farm
Two members of the British Parliament got a first hand look at the deplorable working conditions that thousands of tobacco workers in North Carolina endure.
