NEW YORK, NY – Both the national and local labor movement depend on news companies, often hostile to labor organizations, to tell stories about union activities and workers. Instead of
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The union Service Employees International Union local representing local government employees in Central California is the latest to get hit with a lawsuit demanding that it refund fees
WASHINGTON, DC—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) plans to introduce a bill Sept. 5 that would force corporations such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonald’s to pay the government the full cost of
New York, NY – Union leaders and climate change activists urging the House of Labor, this week, to fully back the transition to 100-percent renewable energy say it’s up to
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Wage theft and denial of paid sick leave are common in New York City’s home health-care industry, according to a report released Sept. 5 by the city Department
ORLANDO, Fla.—Under a tentative contract agreement announced Aug. 25 between Walt Disney World5 and the Service Trades Council Union, the minimum wage for the 38,000 workers the six-union coalition represents
Brooklyn, NY – You can still win. That’s the message CWA District 1 Organizing Coordinator Tim Dubnau and his members have for striking Charter/Spectrum workers with IBEW Local 3 who’ve
On Aug. 9, I received a check for $1,050. That was my back pay from a small publication I’d done freelance editing and writing for—after they’d fired me for insisting that
In his brilliant book, The Plot Against America (2004), Philip Roth offered a fictitious, nightmarish version of American history. Sadly, the political scenarios unfolding in our country are not fiction
Large for-profit corporations are necessary in modern American society. They employ large numbers of people. They produce goods and services with cost-reducing efficiencies that are not achievable by individuals or
