Labor Unions
-
JESSE JACKSON: Workers Want to Know — Whose Side Are You On?
Despite all Donald Trump's boasting about the "economic miracle," most workers aren't experiencing it. Corporate profits have soared, but workers…
Read More » -
Newsrooms Still Lack Women and Individuals of Color
With observances planned throughout March to commemorate Women’s History Month, a new report revealed that women are still mostly absent…
Read More » -
JESSE JACKSON: Janus Case Part of Continuing Attack on Workers
Now is the time for citizens of conscience to stand with the public employees that serve us — the teachers,…
Read More » -
Ruling Could Ease Way for Unionizing at Fast-Food Chains
NEW YORK (AP) — It could be easier for unions to bargain for better pay and working conditions on…
Read More » -
Labor Unions Facing Tricky Choice in Democratic Primaries
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The choice facing labor unions in the Democratic presidential race boils down…
Read More » -
Labor Board Blocks Effort to Unionize College Athletes
MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board on Monday blocked a historic bid by Northwestern…
Read More » -
Dems Still Steamed Over Labor’s Trade Attacks
(Politico) – Labor won big on trade last week, but Democrats are still seething over the scorched-earth tactics that unions…
Read More » -
In Next Strike Against Unions, GOP States Go After Wage Laws
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Expanding their battle with organized labor, Republican lawmakers in the Midwest are…
Read More » -
Organized Labor Takes Gamble by Battling Obama’s Trade Bill
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Organized labor’s fierce opposition to President Barack Obama’s trade agenda threatens to split…
Read More » -
Black Workers Could Save Dying Unions
J. Weston Phippen, THE NATIONAL JOURNAL (The National Journal) — As the country added 280,000 jobs in May, unemployment…
Read More »
