Oregon workers petition for jobs, safety net
With the jobless rate in the Rose City at 10.6 percent or 38,402 workers unemployed, the labor movement and its allies are fed up and fighting back.
Texans face tough fights
With their two-thirds GOP majority in the Texas House, the right wing hopes to curtail the right of Texas workers to join unions.
25,000 Ohioans sign to "protect, preserve" Social Security
Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."
Workers bracing for "right-to-work" assault
The right-wing Republican agenda is becoming more apparent as we inch closer and closer to January 2011 and the start of the new legislative session.
Civil unions OK’d in “heart of heartland” Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "Exhaustimicated!" that's what Equality Illinois' Rick Garcia told Chicago-based Windy City Times, after this week's historic two-day vote in the Illinois state legislature in favor of same-sex civil unions.
Unions were California’s election game-changer
California's labor movement was the game-changer in the state's Democratic election sweep.
CEO, with no education background, to run NYC schools
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Cathleen Black to head New York schools.
Corporate agenda gets boost in Missouri
ST. LOUIS - As Missouri and the rest of the country come to terms with the results of the Nov. 2 mid-term elections, the Republican agenda here is already becoming crystal clear.
Texas labor ends early voting with style
An October 28 rally at the Teachers Hall wrapped up a very successful early voting period in Texas.
New York poised to reject tea party Paladino
NEW YORK — With the election just a few days away, New York voters are expected to reject tea party candidate Carl Paladino, the Buffalo businessman on the Republican ticket.
