NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 150 people picketed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan offices Mar. 2, demanding that the governor stop blocking a bill that would allow workers to put liens on
NEW YORK, N.Y.—As one Chipotle worker fired after trying to take paid sick days returned to her job Feb. 26, 10 others were filing complaints that the restaurant chain violated
WASHINGTON—A new National Labor Relations board rule published Feb. 26 will make it much more difficult for workers to organize unions or challenge labor-law violations if they are hired by
AUSTIN, Tex.—From the birth of so-called “right to work” laws in the 1940s to the recent state legislation pre-empting local paid-sick-leave ordinances, Texas has been tough turf for organized labor.
WASHINGTON—Saying the seven House Democrats who voted against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act earlier this month had “betrayed the fundamental principle of the Democratic Party,” the Communications Workers
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 80% of nail salon workers in the New York metropolitan area are being cheated out of their proper wages, according to a report released Feb. 18
LAS VEGAS, Nev.—After a week of intense arguments about health care, the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union, the most politically powerful union in Nevada, decided not to endorse a candidate for
WASHINGTON—Led by a wave of walkouts by fed-up teachers, the last two years have seen more American workers go out on strike than any time since the 1980s, according to
WASHINGTON—The House voted Feb. 6 to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a bill lead sponsor Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) called “the most significant upgrade to U.S. labor
WASHINGTON—The House it scheduled to vote Thursday, Feb. 6 on a landmark labor bill that would greatly expand workers’ rights to form and keep unions, from outlawing the replacement of
