Workers mobilize vs. GOP budgets’ pension, pay cut schemes
Members of federal workers and postal employee unions mobilized against Republican budget schemes that would - again - cut their pay.
W. Va. GOP legislature passes, Dem. governor signs anti-worker bill
"Today marks the first time in West Virginia history that our state officially reduced safety standards for coal miners."
Illinois union coalition battles Rauner fair share fee ban in state courts
Rauner intends to hurt "the men and women who do the real work of state government."
Students declare national boycott of Wendy's
The student-led boycott will be launched at Ohio State University and will snowball over the coming months as dozens more universities adopt it.
Young Workers Summit feels the jolt of young labor activism
"America is begging for change on a grand scale; the kind of change that, quite frankly, has always been led by young people."
The GOP wants pay cuts for hard workers
Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation last week to lower the wages of Wisconsin's middle class workers.
Machinists file for union recognition at Boeing plant
This is the latest chapter in a long-running saga which previously embroiled Boeing, its workers in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Senate, and the NLRB.
Labor, with unlikely allies, tackles exploitation of high-tech workers
Labor is part of a campaign against the exploitation of foreign workers here on high-tech work visas.
“Next Up” young workers to map strategy in Chicago
Over 1,000 young union members, students, and community activists will meet to map out strategies.
Workers getting burned by McDonald's greed
"The Food Service Industry experiences the highest number of burns of any employment sector, about 12,000 each year."
