Senate to vote Oct. 28 on Griffin for top NLRB enforcement job
The Senate is scheduled to vote late on Oct. 28 on Obama's nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Labor expanding vehicle to open membership to everyone
The AFL-CIO and its Working America affiliate announced Oct. 23 that the affiliate will expand its operations to all 50 states within five years.
The teacher gap: more students and fewer teachers
Over the last 5 years, government employment has dropped by 657,000 as a result of the Great Recession's effects. It's worth considering how much of that drop has hit public K-12 schools.
International unions demand freedom for top Colombian labor
International union organizations are joining a drive to free top Colombian labor leader Huber Ballesteros "without delay."
Higher state minimum wage campaign gains steam in Minnesota
The drive to enact a higher state minimum wage in Minnesota has gained steam.
Report: 70 million born between 1980 and 2000 in big trouble
Millennials are facing double-digit unemployment rates, low wages, mounting college costs, and crippling student-loan debt.
Today in labor history: NAACP sends "Appeal to the World" to the UN
The U.S. delegation to the UN, which included NAACP board member Eleanor Roosevelt, refused to introduce the petition.
Today in labor history: 50th anniversary of Chicago public schools boycott
On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
Today in labor History: First Medicine Lodge Treaty signed
The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867.
Letter carrier honored for heroism and humanity
"From the first day I put the uniform on, I knew it was the job I wanted to retire from."
