Striking workers converge on Red Cross headquarters
Northern Ohio Red Cross workers brought their anger and frustration to the agency's National Headquarters in Washington.
State workers' lobby day important for all workers
The immediate struggle for pay raises and collective bargainingis part of the larger, national context for democracy and progressive change.
Unions tackle states' practices that hurt workers
The labor movement is beginning to mount a legislative offensive in the sates to stop what it says are "under the radar" attacks on workers.
UK's labor leader Bob Crow builds solidarity at the Left Labor Project
We believe the trade union movement is not just about what wages or what contract you get but about the social side: Decent transportation, affordable housing, a decent welfare state.
AFL-CIO defends women’s access to contraception
The AFL-CIO has stepped forward to defend women's access to contraception, "regardless of where they work."
Minn. GOP assaults workers with constitutional amendments
Right to work sounds innocent enough in name, but in reality it is yet another corporate attack on middle class families.
“Fast for Fair Food” ends with 1,000 marching
More than 1,000 farm workers and their allies solemnly marched three miles to the corporate headquarter of the grocery store giant Publix.
Santorum as president? A nightmare for Steelworkers leader
Leo Gerard, president of the Steelworkers, described over breakfast his recurring nightmare.
Proposed rules would allow home care workers minimum wage, overtime
Labor-backed Interfaith Worker Justice is mobilizing support for home health care workers.
UFCW: D.C.-Baltimore chains going nuclear vs. workers
The Washington-Baltimore area's two biggest grocery chains, Giant and Safeway, are "going nuclear" in their war against their combined 30,000 workers.
