Steelworkers rally in solidarity with Mexican miners (with video)
Steelworkers led a rally including union members, along with faith-based, community and occupy activists last Saturday, Feb. 25, in solidarity with the Mexican miners.
Autoworkers say: Let Romney go bankrupt
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney came to town Friday, but autoworkers were in no mood to give him a free pass.
Workers at Republic Windows occupy again and win again (with video)
Serious Energy told the union that they were closing the plant right away and were not interested in finding a new buyer. Workers fought back.
AFL-CIO leader champions day laborers’ quest for humane immigration reform
Many, undocumented, risked arrest and possible deportation. But they would not be deterred in their quest.
Trumka lauds low-wage workers’ progress in self-organizing
Richard Trumka spent a two-day February swing through California lauding car wash workers, home health care aides, domestic workers, and day laborers.
Locked-out workers and supporters converge on Minnesota town
On their Journey for Justice, workers locked out by American Crystal Sugar, joined by locked-out workers from Cooper Tire, delivered a message to a bank in Chaska, Minn.
Union says collective bargaining protects pregnant women
With business discrimination against pregnant female workers still widespread, the Service Employees contend one of the best ways to battle it is through collective bargaining and union contracts.
Outcry by 33,000 ignored: Sugar giant turns away petition
Hundreds of locked-out workers and community supporters tried to serve a petition on American Crystal Sugar's CEO, Dave Berg.
The farm workers' Filipino-American champion
It's well past time we celebrated the life of probably the most important of the other leaders who played a major role in winning union rights for farm workers.
