Jim Hightower opens new front in fight to save postal service
"The Postal Service takes in $68 billion a year in revenue and Wall Street wants it."
Today in labor history: César Chávez born in 1927
Chávez was also an early environmentalist, warning the public of the devastating effects of pesticides on both farmworkers and consumers.
Missouri unionists, businesses, officials mobilize vs. 'right-to-work'
They packed the Small Business Committee hearing room and offered detailed testimony on the benefits of unionization and the harm such a law would cause.
Wisconsin companies join the fight against right-to-work-for-less
Businesses even say they will move out of state in order to avoid the law's negative effects on their bottom lines.
Illinois Gov. Rauner's anti-labor ploy actually boosts a union local
When many working families are facing hardship and workers' rights are under attack, solidarity is still our best defense.
Danny Glover tells young unionists they are making history
"Each generation makes its own history... We need your voices here now more than ever."
Today in women’s and labor history: Triangle sweatshop fire kills 146
A total of 146 workers - almost all of them immigrant women - were killed in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
California teachers fight to save their union and the schools
Unionized California teachers are among the many categories of workers nationwide whose unions are under attack by anti-labor lawmakers.
Kelley of the Treasury Employees Union to retire in August
Colleen M. Kelley, the NTEU president for the last 16 years, will retire at the end of the union's convention this August.
Berger-Marks report guides working women toward greater influence in unions
A new report from the Berger-Marks Foundation gives working women a "how-to" guide to establish women's committees within unions.
