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."
Nurse details how hospital manipulated election to beat union
"The union lost. The company was able to manipulate the election procedure to delay the election date."
USW reaches tentative deal with oil industry
The Steelworkers have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Shell as a pattern agreement for the rest of the industry.
Parade of presidential hopefuls make pitches to fire fighters
A parade of nine presidential hopefuls made their cases before more than 1,000 Fire Fighters.
