Message to my fellow workers: China-bashing is a bad idea
My union, the IAM, calls for a national industrial policy and massive investment in infrastructure - something China has actually done, not just talked about.
Dallas sanitation workers fight for a living wage
Civil rights activists gathered in the historic Mt Olive Lutheran Church on the morning of July 17 to help the United Laborers Union Local 100 gain support for sanitation workers
Hotel workers training for civil disobedience in 15 cities
More than 1,000 cooks, dishwashers and housekeepers are training to carry out nonviolent civil disobedience on July 22 at Hyatt hotels in 15 cities across the nation.
AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana
SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency.
Rally slams move to end Saturday mail service
ST. LOUIS - "To eliminate Saturday service would destroy the Postal Service," Tony Harris, president of the American Postal Workers Union Gateway District Area Local, said July 12.
Construction workers continue strike in Chicago
Some 15,000 construction workers in Chicagoland have been on strike for weeks over wages and health care benefits.
Deficit hawks take aim at Postal Service
The Postal Service says expected deficits are the reason it wants to close neighborhood post offices, eliminate Saturday service and lay off more employees, but the union calls it a "phony crisis."
Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
Appeals court bars Pratt & Whitney from moving jobs
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Workers at Pratt & Whitney, owned by the profitable United Technologies Corp., have won a major court decision protecting their jobs.
Domestic workers win basic labor rights
NEW YORK-After a six-year struggle, domestic workers here won a huge victory.
