Unemployment insurance under attack
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and in a number of states are out to kill, or at least cripple, unemployment insurance.
New Florida election rules would disenfranchise many
In Florida, a state that only a few decades ago was officially segregated, some people think this possible disenfranchisement is no accident.
Students sit in at University of Washington
At least 25 students were arrested after occupying a campus administrative building in protest of the University of Washington's contract with Sodexo, a giant food service provider.
"We did it!" Nursing home workers win 13-month strike
The new three-year contracts, including raises and benefit improvements and a return to work with former positions and hours, were approved by an overwhelming vote of 189 to 6.
Unions link arms with advocates for immigrant workers
The AFL-CIO signed groundbreaking partnership agreements with the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National Guestworkers Alliance.
At American Islamic banquet, warning about "surveillance society"
"We now live in a surveillance society," civil liberties attorney Chip Pitts charged, "and the dangerous thing is that [it is being] taken for granted, like water is for fish."
Walker signs a bill, makes workers sick
In the wake of his recent bid to end the collective bargaining rights of state employees, Scott Walker signed a bill that overturns Milwaukee's paid sick leave law.
"Force of unity" defends working people's rights
With everything on the line, from Social Security and Medicare to the right to organize, working class families came out, many for the first time, to make their voices heard.
Pete Seeger on the power of songs, an interview
Now is Pete Seeger's 92nd birthday. Happy birthday Pete!
Cinco de Mayo upsurge in heart of Texas
If the size of Mexican holidays can be measured by what happened in this suburb of Dallas on April 30, then we are going to see some real upsurge!
