Workers win two in the courts
Two separate groups of union workers - public workers in Florida and American Airlines retirees nationwide - racked up big wins in separate courts in recent days.
Workers Memorial Day to highlight jobs that kill
Eddie Mallon is 70 years old. As a Laborers Local 147 member in New York, he worked as a sandhog for 44 years. He doesn't now, because that job - eventually - will kill him.
Fight for 15 movement hits Springfield, Missouri
This Friday afternoon in Springfield, Missouri, a small group of fast food workers gathered in the meeting room of a public library to discuss their fight for a living wage.
Players and Northwestern to battle at NLRB after Apr. 25 vote
College football players who want to unionize and their foe, Northwestern University, filed their written arguments with the NLRB on Apr. 16.
Study: 57 percent of poultry workers suffer ergonomic ills
NIOSH found what UFCW called "a drastic level of injury" to workers even at the present speeds.
Autoworkers drop appeal of election loss at Chattanooga VW plant
Union President Bob King says, they will concentrate on a probe by congressional Democrats of political interference that led to the Valentine's Day defeat.
Okla. governor bars cities from setting minimum wage
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a bill prohibiting cities, counties, and their citizens the right to set a mandatory minimum wage.
UPS firing of Teamster drivers rescinded
All those struggling in New York and nationally for a better life could not help but take notice: Labor solidarity worked!
Minnesota raises state minimum wage; teachers say hike will benefit kids
Joined by legislators, advocates, and Minnesotans from across the state, Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill into law raising Minnesota's minimum wage for the first time since 2005.
NYC AFSCME wins reinstatement for disabled workers Bloomberg fired
Eleven disabled workers, whom former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid off (fired) will get their jobs back, thanks to their AFSCME local.
