Republican attack on labor goes way beyond Congress
During the Great Depression, big business used the crisis to attack workers' wages and living standards directly, cutting wages even while turning big profits. And exactly the same thing is happening again.
Labor journalists gather in Washington
Journalists who cover the labor movement, labor leaders and even a U.S. Department of Labor top official attended the International Labor Communication Association's annual awards ceremony here Nov. 19.
As injuries soar, Sacramentans offer help to Hyatt's housekeepers
With brooms and mops held high, our group of 35 people, including the president of the Central Labor Council and religious leaders, marched into the Hyatt Hotel lobby.
U.S. official: We need independent labor media
WASHINGTON - The mainstream media has become so biased against working people that even a federal agency can't get its message out, says a senior Department of Labor official.
Amy Dean: Labor must build "to challenge power"
To re-build the American labor movement we “can’t use the same tired old strategies and tactics,” Amy B. Dean told union members and community activists here at the Friends of the People’s World 7th Annual ‘Working Class Media & Democracy’ forum.
Trumka: more jobs solve deficit crisis
WASHINGTON (PAI) - AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka is strongly reiterating the position that creation of more jobs will increase revenues and thus solve the nation's deficit and debt crisis.
Bad news for workers: Kline hates EFCA, opposes tougher OSHA penalties
WASHINGTON (PAI) - John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.
Picket line chants tell worker's stories
Health care workers at four Spectrum nursing homes in Connecticut who have been on strike since April 15 hold a rally.
Restaurant workers celebrate “first birthday”
Instead of treating the day as a reminder of twelve months without a final victory, striking workers celebrated unity and solidarity - with a birthday party.
U.S. Steel locks out Canadian workers
The lockout is only the latest example of how Canadian government policies on foreign takeovers of Canadian firms fail workers.
