Fed up with “Walmart wages,” Alabama auto parts plant goes union
"Jobs in the auto industry helped build America's middle class, but today they are adding to the nation's low-wage crisis."
Alaska hotel workers hang tough with Sheraton, Hilton boycotts
For Alaskan hotel workers, instead of battling weather and wilderness, they have been locked in a lengthy campaign for decent wages.
UAW: Chrysler pact gradually eliminates two-tier wages
A tentative contract features gradual elimination of the system that the Detroit 3 automakers instituted after hitting the financial rocks during the Great Recession.
Radical roots of the great grape strike
Fifty years ago, the great grape strike started in Delano, when Filipino pickers walked out of the fields on September 8, 1965.
Indigenous migrants demand change in the fields
"We are the ones who pay for the government of this state and country with the labor of our hands."
Disgraced United CEO Smisek is major reason for income inequality
Smisek and his overpaid boardroom buddies nationwide have swindled American workers and communities.
Labor-backed Chicago bank to expand services to workers
The Amalgamated Bank of Chicago will use $35 million it gained from sale of its old headquarters to expand its services and products for workers.
Reinstate all Walmart workers!
Walmart suddenly closed five stores giving its employees only a few hours notice and laying off an estimated 2,200 workers.
Missouri right-to-work for less fight comes down to the wire
With the GOP-dominated state legislature convening Sept. 16 for a "veto override" session, unionists are going door-to-door to campaign for "No Override on RTW/HB116".
Busy year by NLRB produces key rulings for workers
The five-member board, which rules on most labor-management relations and disputes, has reached full strength.
