…The state constitution safeguards workers’ rights to join a union and bargain together for a contract. A constitutional convention would give anti-union forces a chance to roll back those rights…
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly…
…the ability—after a lifetime of work—to retire with dignity. That is why unions are gaining in popularity. A new Gallup poll released last week has Americans supporting unions and a…
…Utilizing H-2 regulations, hundreds of thousands of foreign workers have replaced Americans in jobs across the USA. This anti-American hiring practice is particularly affecting the building trades. A classic example…
…be overturned soon now that Neil Gorsuch has replaced Antonin Scalia on the Court and the effort to repeal Citizens United via a constitutional amendment has died. But the Court’s…
…apprentice to become a journeyman—after first working as a lube technician—and they generally make less than $20 an hour and have to buy their own tools. Auto Mechanics Union Local…
…Labor Day Parade stepping off at 44th Street and 5th Avenue. Through all the slings and arrows, they are refusing to lay down — and they’re starting to win again….
…America), she says. As of last fall, ICE was holding an average of 41,000 immigrants per day—and that was before the Trump administration announced it would deport any immigrant who’d…
…legendary producer and director George Abbot, and won acclaim with his first show, the labor-themed musical The Pajama Game, in 1954. He continued to produce one classic after another: from…
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