Kasich yanks collective bargaining rights from 10,000 Ohio care workers
Gov. John Kasich has yanked collective bargaining rights from 10,000 Ohio home health care and child care workers.
Store cleaners file class action suit for back pay, set strike date
Janitors who clean department stores in the Twin Cities announced two key developments in their campaign for better wages and working conditions.
Today in history: Supreme Court okays sit-down strikes
In 1940, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader that a sit-down strike was not a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
U.S. call to support striking farmworkers in Baja California, Mexico
The UFW is calling for putting pressure on the giant Driscoll Company in solidarity with the striking workers.
Protesters serve notice to McDonald’s shareholders: $15 and union
The demonstrators had a single-minded determination to send a message to McDonald's on the eve of its stockholders meeting.
Los Angeles raising minimum wage to $15 by 2020
"Our city has taken a much-needed, significant step toward lifting hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty."
Katrina smashed New Orleans, now SCOTUS smashes its teachers
The quest of 7,500 fired New Orleans teachers and school staffers for back pay and damages ended in a loss at the Supreme Court.
Restaurant workers crash the “other” NRA’s trade show
Restaurant workers loudly cried in protest, "$2.13 is not the American Dream," at the National Restaurant Association's trade show.
Rail unions weigh in with more analysis on Amtrak crash
Why was there a one-person train crew and no Positive Train Control system?
Pension plans at stake in Bricklayers dispute
In current negotiations, the management trustees of the union's pension propose to radically change the union's pension plan.
