Democratic Party platform panel waffles on trade and health care
Michael Smith had a message for the Democratic Party - stand up for workers who have lost jobs to so-called "free trade" pacts.
Elizabeth Warren: Some on Wall Street should be in handcuffs
Stiff fines of millions of dollars will not change the financial fraud that produced the Great Recession, Senator Elizabeth Warren said.
Missouri senate defeats “paycheck deception” bill
The bill would have forced workers to "opt-in" to having their dues taken out of their paychecks--a scheme that weakens unions.
Obama threatens defense bill veto over anti-LGBTQ, anti-worker provisions
The provisions, inserted in a huge DOD bill by House Republicans, are among the reasons the administration told Congress the president's advisors "would recommend he veto the bill."
Hartford's "Fighting for Our Future" rally inspires struggle
Big changes require big struggles, and "May Day 2016 -- Fighting for Our Future" set a powerful and inspiring framework for the labor battles and elections this year.
Report: Fatal crash wouldn’t have happened with proper backup
Unions and workers have been campaigning for years to keep 2-person crews on all freight and passenger trains, citing safety reasons.
Chicago May Day marchers show unity against Trump
Thousands of people marched for a more just society and to confront the face of bigotry and classism: the Republican front runner for president, Donald Trump.
On May Day
It's often forgotten, but May Day, the original, real, workers' holiday, originated in the U.S.
Award-winning elementary principal criticizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel, loses job
The "reassignment" to a different position smelled like retribution for the outspoken principal's public criticism of the Chicago mayor.
Dead miners’ families react to coal criminal Blankenship’s 12 month jail sentence
Convicted coal criminal Don Blankenship appeared in federal court for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Irene Berger last Wednesday.
