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."
NLRB chair defends agency as GOP-run house tries to overturn new union election rules
"The board remains committed to the critical work of this agency and fully carrying out the law."
Wisconsin workers barred from right-to-work-for-less signing ceremony
The national decline in union membership and soaring wage inequity are inescapable twin realities that make absurd the blaming of unions for fiscal problems.
Oil workers continue strike against BP despite tentative settlement
"We will continue the strike until we get a fair contract and a safer workplace."
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.
