Faculty in tough negotiations at Harris-Stowe State U
"It often feels like students are an afterthought and professors are an inconvenience."
Union appeals Chattanooga vote loss, cites GOP lawmakers' interference
The UAW have filed formal unfair labor practices charges with the National Labor Relations Board concerning their narrow loss in the union recognition vote.
Labor’s Southern strategy finds a focus in Texas
Thiry-four percent of Houston's children live in poverty. Overall, 22 percent of the people live below the official poverty level, with racial minorities the hardest hit.
Altoona nurses strike to put “Patients before profits”
Hundreds of nurses, hospital workers and supporters hit the picket line in the bitter cold here, Feb. 11.
The Congressional Budget Office minimum wage controversy
"Every time momentum builds for lifting wages, conservative ideologues say it will cost jobs. Every time they've been dead wrong."
Union wins recognition vote among federal park workers
By a 91-9 percent margin the Treasury Employees won union recognition among 1,300 National Park Service workers in the Washington, D.C., area.
Unions fight airline plan to enter U.S. on the cheap
Just call it airborne theft of flight attendants' and pilots' jobs and pay.
Unions-workers' centers unity results in wage and safety wins
Labor unions, including some that did not at first like the idea, say that hooking up with nonunion workers' centers has helped them make gains, including growing their own memberships.
AFL-CIO calls for restoration of the Voting Rights Act
The AFL-CIO's executive council unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 19 calling for the passage of strong federal legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act.
Labor launches campaign to raise wages across America
We are declaring here and now that the labor movement is going to focus like a laser beam on raising wages for all American workers, union and non-union," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters today.
