Dallas stands for jobs and retirement benefits
Fifty North Texans, primarily retirees, added their voices to the general outcry against plans to cut retiree benefits at a meeting in the Communications Workers of America Local 6215 Hall December 2 in Dallas.
Machinists rally to save job security
Hundreds of Machinist union members and their supporters ralled for job security Tuesday in front of the IAM Lodge 1746 plant, across from Pratt & Whitney's sprawling main production facility in East Hartford, Conn.
Pay freeze saves peanuts, AFGE leader charges
Labor and its allies have come out swinging against President Obama's call for a two-year pay freeze for federal workers.
Republican attack on labor goes way beyond Congress
During the Great Depression, big business used the crisis to attack workers' wages and living standards directly, cutting wages even while turning big profits. And exactly the same thing is happening again.
Dockers protest Del Monte union-busting
PHILADELPHIA - ILA Local 1291 members and hundreds of supporters protested Del Monte's move to a non-union terminal, slashing jobs and pay.
Shop Talk - Hollywood, jobs and jail
Stubborn joblessness persists, Piedmont goes union, AFSCME Prez to retire, Iranian bus drivers jailed, Stop stringing us along!, Hyatt housekeepers sue in 12 cities, A win for dealers at Wynn Casino, AFTRA, SAG reach agreements, Paul names anti-union big-wig.
U.S. Steel locks out Canadian workers
The lockout is only the latest example of how Canadian government policies on foreign takeovers of Canadian firms fail workers.
"Without Ted Strickland I wouldn't have my job"
"Many pronounced the cause hopeless, but fortunately we had the support of this community and we had the support of Gov. Strickland."
A peek at how unions “kick ass” in an election
Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, there is wide agreement that the labor movement knows how to "kick ass," when it comes to elections.
Outside the box: workers’ centers give labor a boost
Workers' centers, or non-traditional unions, have scored significant victories lately and offer important new ways of building the labor movement.
