Walmart workers plan new round of Black Friday protests
Walmart workers have been agitating peacefully for years for pro-worker changes at the notoriously anti-worker low-paying lousy-benefits retail monster.
Ohio teachers strike, beat back board attack
The settlement will protect teacher's health care and pensions and establishes, for the first time, a program to control the growth of class sizes.
Farm workers: One, two, three grapes, you're out!
Harassment, abuse, and wage theft is going on in the fields of California's Central Valley by one of the nation's largest fruit growers, Gerawan.
Yuck! What’s on my chicken?
"USDA's plan will reduce the federal inspection process to a mere rubber stamp." The "USDA has pushed through its dirty chicken rule."
Chicago hotel workers to Bruce Rauner: Give back the money!
Rauner has made stopping what he calls the "chokehold" that special interests have on Illinois state government a key part of his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
Letter Carriers jump into electoral arena for pro-post office candidates
The Letter Carriers took the unusual step of singling out for support only lawmakers who are strong supporters of postal union members.
Auto mechanics won’t be bulldozed off the picket line
Auto mechanics of AMU Local 701 have been on strike at Al Piemonte Chevrolet for a fair contract for over three months.
Walker says minimum wage serves no purpose
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) doesn't believe the minimum wage "serves a purpose."
Organizers in Colombia’s flower industry: These roses have thorns!
For workers in Colombia, providing bouquets for vases has meant increasing hours with falling pay, growing health problems, and human rights violations.
Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
The Act established that unions are not conspiracies under the law and freed them to legally strike, picket and boycott employers.
