Labor News

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Video: Angry workers confront Wisconsin's governor

More than 3,000 people came out to protest right-wing Gov. Scott Walker and his illegal, anti-labor actions.

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No means no! Wisconsin judge blocks Walker bill - again

A judge here ruled March 29 that a restraining order is still in force for a law that kills collective bargaining rights for public workers.

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Ohio Republicans set to pass SB 5, repeal drive begins

The situation is very fluid, shifting daily, but Ohio House Republicans have the votes to pass the vicious anti-worker Senate Bill 5.

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Missouri unions mobilize against anti-worker bills

Referring to the state legislature's Republican leadership, Mike Louis, from International Association Machinists District 9, said, "These people are not our friends."

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UAW delegates vow to build mass movement

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers Special Bargaining Convention, held here last week, was like nothing this reporter has attended before: it was three days of preparing the union to do battle with Republicans and Wall Street.

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Union sees AT&T buyout of T-Mobile as good for workers

AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile could open the way for unionization of the thousands of T-Mobile workers who have been denied a voice on the job.

Upper Big Branch miner describes scene at blast

On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"

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Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker

The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters  in Canada.

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Labor urges "virtual picket" around Huffington Post

The Huffington Post, labor says, makes millions off its so-called "citizen journalists" - without paying them a dime.

Shop Talk: Credit and some good news for labor

What's been going on in labor over the past week?

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