Big union win for security guards
Four enormous security companies have agreed to recognize the SEIU -- and begin negotiating a union contract -- for about 500 Portland-area security guards.
Michigan attorney general: “Collective bargaining initiative unconstitutional!”
Given the hyper-partisan climate in Michigan's state capitol, this shouldn't surprise anyone.
Today in labor history: Panama Canal, built by 75,000, opens
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened, after 32 years of construction and an estimated 28,000 worker deaths.
Unions: The folks who brought you summer vacations!
These avid outdoors folk speak about the importance of their union job, which allows them the financial resources and the vacation time to go hunting and fishing.
Catholic Church not practicing what it preaches on labor rights
Despite the church's pro-union doctrines, embraced in Catholic Social Thought for more than 120 years, those leaders often act just like corporate executives when it comes to labor relations.
45,000 workers march in support of Second Bill of Rights
The 45,000 workers and their allies came to hear labor leaders, community activists, and elected officials voice their frustration with politicians' failure to address the needs of working people.
“No justice, no pizza,” says AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO has endorsed a nationwide boycott of Palermo's Pizza in response to the company's "blatant disregard of its workers' choice to form a union."
Today in labor history: Air Line Pilots Assocation founded in Chicago
A five-man Central Executive Council was established, dues were set, and the official motto became "Schedule with Safety."
Steelworkers push for jobs plank in Dem platform
A program to revitalize U.S. manufacturing should be put into the Democratic Party platform this fall, two Steelworker activists told the party's platform committee.
Labor launching America’s Second Bill of Rights
After years of defending itself against wave after wave of attacks, the labor movement seems to be mounting a full scale counter-offensive this summer.
