Women's leader warns that everyone's health care is under attack
Right-wingers are waging an assault on the rights not just of women, but of all workers.
Arizona, again and again!
The Arizona House approved Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to take away civil service protections from state workers.
Fired warehouse workers hold Walmart accountable
On Feb. 17, with the support of community and business leaders, they gathered in front of a Walmart Express store and fought back.
Targeted victims protest American Airlines bankruptcy plans
The flight attendants called the action, and the pilots and Transport Workers Union quickly joined in. Other unions and solidarity activists drove into DFW International Airport for the action.
Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders
The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.
Arizona next battleground in workers’ rights war
Neither the state AFL-CIO's efforts nor the special election recall loss in November of a key radical right ally stopped GOP Gov. Jan Brewer
Domestic workers and their children march for rights
One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client: "What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself," she said.
Indiana House passes right to work for less bill
In an assault on workers and their unions in the heart of the once heavily industrialized and unionized Midwest, Indiana's Republican-controlled House passed a right to work for less bill yesterday.
Chicagoans demand "people's library hours"
Mayor Rahm Emanuel was forced to back off his unilateral closure of neighborhood branch libraries on Mondays after the move sparked a public uproar.
Will Twinkies, Kodak wreck the American dream?
It seems another American icon is being chiseled away.
