Fed up with “Walmart wages,” Alabama auto parts plant goes union
"Jobs in the auto industry helped build America's middle class, but today they are adding to the nation's low-wage crisis."
Rev. Barber: Voting rights fight is do or die for labor
"The labor rights and voting rights movements are interconnected - we must be smart enough to hook up; if we do, we can change this nation."
Labor communicators spotlight “uprising” in the South
"The movement for social and economic justice is growing faster in the South than anywhere else in the U.S."
LCLAA report advocates Latino organizing, workers centers
Labor's Council for Latin American Advancement is advocating "strategic investment" in organizing Latinos and more use and promotion of workers' centers.
Alaska hotel workers hang tough with Sheraton, Hilton boycotts
For Alaskan hotel workers, instead of battling weather and wilderness, they have been locked in a lengthy campaign for decent wages.
UAW: Chrysler pact gradually eliminates two-tier wages
A tentative contract features gradual elimination of the system that the Detroit 3 automakers instituted after hitting the financial rocks during the Great Recession.
At Legislative Conference, jobs for all is the priority
The workshop on full employment at the 45th Annual Legislative Conference of the CBCF was the most important one of all.
Radical roots of the great grape strike
Fifty years ago, the great grape strike started in Delano, when Filipino pickers walked out of the fields on September 8, 1965.
Groundbreaking report confirms that Latinos in unions are better off
One of the most striking findings: On average, Latinos that belong to a union earn $11,544 more than non-unionized Latinos.
Seattle teachers suspend strike, vote Sept. 20 on contract
The 5,000 teachers in Seattle's public schools suspended their six-day strike amid strong displays of solidarity on their picketlines.
