Workers want tax-dodger Verizon to settle contract dispute
Several hundred CWA Local 1101 Verizon workers and their supporters rallied Jan. 26 in front of 140 West Street to say, "Settle our contract!"
Workers brave cold to lobby lawmakers on "right-to-work" danger
Members from turning out to Champlin City Hall to learn more about a coming threat: a proposed "right to work" amendment to the Minnesota constitution.
Oregon state Public Interest Research Group fires pro-union workers
A non-profit fundraiser for the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group and its spinoff group Environment Oregon has fired two workers who helped lead a campaign to unionize.
Tentative agreement could end West Coast longshore battle
The tentative agreement may defuse a tense standoff as the Longview dockworkers wage a valiant battle to defend their jobs.
Ignoring public opinion, Indiana Senate approves “right to work”
Despite mass opposition to the so-called right to work bill, the Indiana State Senate yesterday approved the measure.
2012: More battles ahead on Capitol Hill for workers
Workers, their unions and their allies are gearing up for more tough legislative fights in 2012.
AFL-CIO calls for urgent action to stop Indiana "right-to-work"
The AFL-CIO has issued a national appeal for help to stop passage of a so-called "right-to-work" law in Indiana. "We are at war," the AFL-CIO appeal reads. "The assault on workers in Indiana continues."
Flight attendants reach tentative pact with United
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA reached a tentative contract for the original 15,000 flight attendants at Chicago-based United.
California car washers win $1 million in back pay
The first-ever group of unionized carwash workers won a $1 million back pay settlement.
Nationwide protests demand: End Cooper Tire lockout, with video
"Corporate greed at Cooper Tire is flat out wrong!" That was the message brought by pickets protesting the lockout of 1051 workers by Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. at its plant in Findlay, Ohio.
