Machinists confront corporate greed at Hamilton Sundstrand
Workers at Hamilton Sundstrand are fighting company plans to eliminate 214 Connecticut jobs this year, shrinking the unionized workforce by more than 20 percent.
Who’s IKEA gonna call? Union busters!
While IKEA rails against unions as third-party outsiders, it already brought in its own third party, Jackson Lewis, the "mother" of all union-busters.
Labor studies instructor vindicated after Breitbart hit job
University of Missouri-St Louis instructor Don Giljum was vindicated after university administrators said May 9 that videos of the labor studies instructor were "highly distorted."
IKEA: Union-busting is “how American system works”
DANVILLE, Va. - IKEA is known round the world for being a fabulous employer but its first U.S. plant is a modern sweatshop with poverty wages, forced overtime and mandatory "educational meetings" for anyone who hints any interest in joining a union.
IKEA in Virginia: A modern sweatshop
"Your daughter gets sick. You take her to the hospital and turn in a doctor's note when you get back - one demerit. Death in the family, you stay home - one demerit."
Union strength grows at Illinois universities
University employees and students in Chicago and at colleges throughout Illinois are stepping up union campaigns and ready to strike for their collective bargaining rights.
Wisconsin union battle moves to … Massachusetts?
The overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts state House passed a bill that would limit the right of public employees to collectively bargain for their health care.
Victory after a 5-year union push at Rite Aid
Rite Aid went to work almost immediately on developing an aggressive campaign to block the union organizing drive.
Sweeney, prominent bishop challenge Catholic Church on action for workers
Retired AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, one of the Catholic Church's most prominent laymen, and a bishop are challenging their church to live up to its own ideals on workers' rights.
New Yorkers join in taking back May Day
The sun was shinning as 10,000 New Yorkers celebrated International Workers Day last Sunday, May 1.
