Airport workers picket for right to organize
Workers at several Oakland Airport concessions and their supporters held an informational picket outside the terminal July 6.
Union workers reject Crystal Sugar’s concession demands
A total of 82 percent of union members voted on the demands. Of those, 63 percent voted to reject Crystal's contract offer.
Locked out Con Ed workers demand fair contract
Negotiations resumed July 5 between Con Edison, the electricity and steam provider for this city and elsewhere, and its workers.
Today in labor history: Luddites rebel against substandard work conditions
Today in labor history, the Luddites (19th century textile workers) attacked the Heathcoat and Boden's Mill, responding to substandard workplace conditions.
Hunger strike underway in D.C.
Planned cuts to the U.S. Postal Service that would cost more than 100,000 active workers their jobs and other cuts, prompted eight retired union Letter Carriers to begin a hunger strike in D.C. on June 25. t
Judge sides with American Airlines, blocks employees' vote
CWA spent years contacting the customer service reps at American Airlines and was ready to hold a union election just as management took the company into bankruptcy.
A win, a loss, and a toss-up for labor in Michigan
Labor won one, lost one, and had one key issue still up in the air in the latest action in the Republican-run Michigan legislature.
Labor tries new tactic after defeat at Walmart
Civil rights groups and sympathetic lawmakers were prompted to draft legislation creating an alternative route for workers to get justice against Walmart.
Texas janitors on strike
Many of the janitors employed by big corporations such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Penzoil, Centerpoint Energy, and Reliant, do not make enough to provide food for their families.
June 20: American Railway Union is founded in Chicago
It was the largest labor union of its time and one of the first industrial unions in the United States.
