Trumka: AFL-CIO to undergo wide-scale revamp
The revamp will meet the conditions of changing workplaces, extend labor's reach, and shift its emphasis within the federation to more inter-union and regional cooperation.
AFL-CIO: Unions decline tied to attacks on democracy
Reports showing union membership at an all-time low are of enormous concern at a gathering of the nation's labor leaders. Members of the AFL-CIO executive council see it tied to attacks on democratic rights.
Labor rolls out plan to defuse fiscal time bomb
Before the $85 billion budget cut time bomb explodes, leaders of the nation's unions are hammering out details of a program to prevent job losses and restore the economy for the working-class majority.
New consumer campaign: higher minimum wage for restaurant workers
Can you imagine trying to live on $2.13 an hour, with no sick days and a 1-in-10 chance of having health care coverage?
Janitors, security officers vote to authorize strike
In back to back votes, SEIU Local 26 security officers and janitors voted unanimously to authorize their respective bargaining committees to call a strike at any time.
Letter carriers to protest postal service Sat. shutdown
Stepping up their grassroots lobbying of lawmakers, the Letter Carriers will stage a nationwide protest against the Postal Service's Saturday service shutdown scheme.
Intl. union leader: “Conditions bad for workers”
A top international union leader has a grim message for the leaders of world financial institutions.
After three-year struggle, country club workers win big
"We've learned that it doesn't matter who you are, if you stay strong and you're on the side of justice."
Right to work for less amendment blocked in Virginia
The radical right, big business and GOP coalition that pushes right to work for less legislation suffered a setback in Virginia in late January.
Michigan unions battle private sector right to work law
Disregarding a move by Michigan's GOP governor to take the issue straight to the state Supreme Court, Michigan unions sued to overturn the state's "right to work" law affecting private sector workers.
