Workers unite!

Record auto profits leave workers insecure

On Feb. 3, General Motors announced its profits for 2015. Even after taxes and interest, the company posted the highest…

February 11, 2016

Rallies say NO to anti-worker agenda

Rallies were held in three cities across West Virginia to fight the “right-to-work” (in unsafe conditions for less) legislation passed…

February 11, 2016

On the picket line

Fast food workers strike in Iowa A few hours before the Jan. 28 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, fast…

February 8, 2016

Labor at the crossroads, part 2

Part 1: Labor at the crossroads? It was announced in 2005 at the AFL-CIO convention that a significant group of…

February 7, 2016

Walmart strikers win at NLRB

Years of workers’ struggle against Walmart’s bosses led Jan. 21 to a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Walmart must…

February 4, 2016

Struggle over union at Bröd Kitchen

New York -- The owners of Bröd Kitchen on Manhattan’s trendy Upper East Side suddenly announced on Jan. 14 that they…

February 4, 2016

Iowa joins historic struggle for $15

Des Moines, Iowa -- Iowa joined the Fight for $15 when the first fast food strike in state history erupted on…

February 4, 2016

Labor at the crossroads?

On Sept. 19, 1981, the AFL-CIO, under pressure from the rank and file as well as union locals throughout the…

January 28, 2016

Boston school bus union members ‘in very high spirits’ post-victory

Jan. 24 — It has now been more than a month since Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers’…

January 27, 2016

Detroit teachers beat back injunction against sick-out actions

Jan. 25 -- Teachers in the Detroit Public Schools scored a major legal victory today when, for the second time,…

January 26, 2016