Rail safety problems trigger protests
Railroad Workers United reported that the first protest about safety, or lack of it, on rail lines occurred in Chicago on May 27.
New NEA president Eskelsen Garcia brings verve, edge to union
Teacher Lily Eskelsen Garcia has seen poverty's impact on her students, so for her, the issue is personal.
Right-to-work loses in Illinois house, heads for Missouri veto
In a rebuke to GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner's anti-worker agenda, the Democratic-run Illinois House voted his bill down.
Cleveland labor launches campaign against racism
The North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor has launched a campaign to support the fight against racism.
Protesters serve notice to McDonald’s shareholders: $15 and union
The demonstrators had a single-minded determination to send a message to McDonald's on the eve of its stockholders meeting.
Katrina smashed New Orleans, now SCOTUS smashes its teachers
The quest of 7,500 fired New Orleans teachers and school staffers for back pay and damages ended in a loss at the Supreme Court.
Rail unions weigh in with more analysis on Amtrak crash
Why was there a one-person train crew and no Positive Train Control system?
Pension plans at stake in Bricklayers dispute
In current negotiations, the management trustees of the union's pension propose to radically change the union's pension plan.
Labor steps up its crusade for undocumented workers
"We see 20 percent of our workforce being deported; half of Texas' construction workers are undocumented."
Memorial Day massacre commemoration inspires Midwest steelworkers
Steelworkers and the community gathered to remember the lives lost and lessons learned in the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre.
