Farm workers: One, two, three grapes, you're out!
Harassment, abuse, and wage theft is going on in the fields of California's Central Valley by one of the nation's largest fruit growers, Gerawan.
Yuck! What’s on my chicken?
"USDA's plan will reduce the federal inspection process to a mere rubber stamp." The "USDA has pushed through its dirty chicken rule."
Chicago hotel workers to Bruce Rauner: Give back the money!
Rauner has made stopping what he calls the "chokehold" that special interests have on Illinois state government a key part of his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
Letter Carriers jump into electoral arena for pro-post office candidates
The Letter Carriers took the unusual step of singling out for support only lawmakers who are strong supporters of postal union members.
Auto mechanics won’t be bulldozed off the picket line
Auto mechanics of AMU Local 701 have been on strike at Al Piemonte Chevrolet for a fair contract for over three months.
Walker says minimum wage serves no purpose
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) doesn't believe the minimum wage "serves a purpose."
Organizers in Colombia’s flower industry: These roses have thorns!
For workers in Colombia, providing bouquets for vases has meant increasing hours with falling pay, growing health problems, and human rights violations.
Today in Labor History: Clayton Antitrust Act signed
The Act established that unions are not conspiracies under the law and freed them to legally strike, picket and boycott employers.
Working Families Party rallies to turnout Row D vote
The event highlighted that a big turnout on Row D, the WFP line, will be decisive in ensuring that Cuomo, the IDC and other elected officials remain good to their word.
Leader of 50-million member labor federation blasts Nissan in Mississippi
"We are not going away until these Nissan workers win the right to a union, as the 150,000 unionized Nissan workers elsewhere."
