Triqui migrants do the work, but want change
"When I see people working in the field, I see a lack of equality. If it wasn't for them the crops wouldn't get grown or harvested."
Call your rep! Another Fast Track vote today
It's now or never; today, the House is going to vote again on Fast Track-and we're hearing it's going to come down to the wire.
Teachers’ unions begin presidential endorsement process
The meetings are important because the teachers unions are known for their members' political activism, intelligence, credibility, and reach.
New Haven march calls for hiring to end jobs crisis
Every neighborhood and many unions rallied together behind the banner of New Haven Rising for good jobs for city residents.
“Right-to-work” goes down the drain in Maine
Following effective worker lobbying, meetings, phone calls and 10,000 post cards, RTW legislation was defeated by a 90-52 margin in the state House.
CWA's new leadership eyes labor's political independence
Steffen stressed "unity and militancy at the bargaining table" and his commitment to the campaign against big business and big givers' monetary dominance in politics.
Why 2016 is all about raising pay
How has the middle class dissolved and childhood poverty risen while we continue to create more millionaires and billionaires?
It’s always baseball season for Steelworkers at Louisville Slugger
The workers produce, on average, 3,200 bats each day for souvenirs and retail sale and about 300 bats per day for major league baseball players.
Delta baggage handler files suit over retaliatory firing
Hedges has been active in trying to organize a union among ground workers at Delta and in 15Now, a movement to raise wages among airport workers to $15 an hour.
Retired people add their voices to anti-Rauner upsurge
Some media and folks with cameras were threatened; told that they were violating the Homeland Security Act. Really.
