Justice Dept. blocks AT&T/T-Mobile merger, unions assail move
The Department of Justice announced it would sue to block the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA.
Unemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?
Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.
Ohio rallies for union rights, voter rights
Thousands rallied in Columbus and hundreds in Cleveland Saturday to support efforts to repeal laws suppressing trade union and voting rights enacted by the extremist Republican administration of Gov. John Kasich.
Ohioans rally for jobs, rights, Boehner locks them out
Hundreds of workers and their allies at events throughout Ohio rallied this week for jobs and to restore union and voting rights under siege.
Koch money aids Scott Walker in Wisconsin voter suppression
It appears that the GOP is not alone in initiating voter suppression: Americans for Prosperity has joined in on the action.
Wisconsin recall drive falls one seat short
With the GOP holding a 19-14 lead in the state senate, labor-backed Democrats needed to win three of the six races to wrest control.
Philip Levine named country's poet laureate
Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the country's new poet laureate.
Jobs with Justice needed more than ever
Jobs with Justice has broadened the base of support for working people, and they have inventively multiplied the arsenal of labor's strategies.
Vote can save jobs, benefits, services
Connecticut state workers are now voting for the second time on a tentative agreement reached by their unions and Gov. Malloy to "save jobs, protect benefits and preserve services."
Louisiana workers say union jobs break down barriers
The bosses don't want lots of union workers because they tend to break down the racial divide that has slowed progress in this part of the country ever since the end of the Civil War.
