Cleveland teachers battle excessive testing mandates
"They don't want to face up to the real problem of poverty and generations of structural inequality."
Coalition forms to combat wage theft in Minnesota
The new wage theft coalition will focus on identifying and implementing solutions.
Wage theft, labor law-breaking force L.A. port truckers into another strike
Can you imagine working five weeks in a row and earning nothing?
Teachers report: 2016 presidential campaign scares kids
The Southern Poverty Law Center surveyed over 2,000 teachers, who say kids are experiencing fear and stress over the Right's agenda.
Labor board puts new limits on when employers may permanently replace strikers
Employers must now prove to the NLRB that they aren't replacing striking workers for illegal reasons.
Labor campaign kills anti-worker measures in N.M.
"The session's ending, but we're just getting started. That's why we need you to stay active and engaged through Election Day."
Aging in the fields: No alternative but to keep working
"I had to work out of necessity. My mother couldn't support my younger siblings alone, and I'm the eldest daughter."
United Auto Workers union endorses Clinton
The decision is notable because of UAW's past history as a beacon of progressivism.
Unions: New Verizon pact gives raises, halts outsourcing, adds jobs
Some 40,000 Verizon workers from Maine down through Virginia marched back to work today after a company-forced 45-day strike earned them victories.
Court says workers can't be forced to sign mandatory arbitration clauses
Abstract: Forcing workers to sign away their right to sue or join class action lawsuits against employers violates the National Labor Relations Act, says the 7th Circuit.
