Michigan autoworkers gear up for Nov. 4 elections
The union expects that anger over Republican anti-union legislation will help drive large numbers of people to the polls.
Auto mechanics won’t be bulldozed off the picket line
Auto mechanics of AMU Local 701 have been on strike at Al Piemonte Chevrolet for a fair contract for over three months.
Walker says minimum wage serves no purpose
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) doesn't believe the minimum wage "serves a purpose."
Organizers in Colombia’s flower industry: These roses have thorns!
For workers in Colombia, providing bouquets for vases has meant increasing hours with falling pay, growing health problems, and human rights violations.
Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
The Act established that unions are not conspiracies under the law and freed them to legally strike, picket and boycott employers.
Working Families Party rallies to turnout Row D vote
The event highlighted that a big turnout on Row D, the WFP line, will be decisive in ensuring that Cuomo, the IDC and other elected officials remain good to their word.
Leader of 50-million member labor federation blasts Nissan in Mississippi
"We are not going away until these Nissan workers win the right to a union, as the 150,000 unionized Nissan workers elsewhere."
Trumka: “Raising wages will be a driving force at the polls”
"Labor is perfectly positioned to unite a massive movement, to raise wages and to lift up our communities."
Global auto union leaders to meet with Nissan workers in Mississippi
A delegation of senior-level trade union leaders from around the globe will travel to Canton, Mississippi, to meet with Nissan workers and community leaders.
Mercedes-Benz workers form new union local in Alabama
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International employees and the United Auto Workers announced the formation of UAW Local 112, a new local union.
