Labor News

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Advanced Skills Workforce Center: "Diversity within the trade"

 "This is a profession. This is a career. This is the best thing that's ever happened to me."

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Maryland elected officials decry Safeway supermarket’s corporate greed

"We built a union, the company's moving out to get rid of it. It's an example of the redistribution of wealth from workers to the corporate class."

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Graduate students at private universities rally for union rights

The students say they plan to continue to rally and build coalition until their status as skilled laborers is recognized.

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Labor questionnaires show Dem hopefuls agree on many major issues

Clinton and Sanders largely agree on issues ranging from labor law reform to rebuilding infrastructure to changing education law.

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Restaurant work abuse: an unpalatable plate

So what can you the consumer do to help end restaurant worker abuses?

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Workers take seats at the table at White House summit

Summit participants responded with sustained applause when Sarita Gupta, executive director of Jobs with Justice, said "the strongest form of workers' voice is having a union on the job."

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Court says Caterpillar must admit union inspector

"The company wanted to tell the workers the union can't do a damn thing for you."

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AFL-CIO asks Angela Merkel to end T-Mobile gag order

"U.S. workers have a basic right to speak out and challenge sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace."

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National Education Association endorses Clinton, draws flack

The endorsement came after Clinton - and only Clinton - addressed the NEA's board for an hour and a half. 

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UAW could strike Fiat-Chrysler at 11:59 p.m. tonight

UAW workers overwhelmingly rejected the tentative agreement UAW leadership had previously reached with Fiat-Chrysler.

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