Labor
Largest education union endorses Obama
July 5, 2011The 3.2-million-member National Education Association has endorsed President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.
Read moreUranium plant, run by scabs, fined for toxic leak
July 5, 2011An accident at a uranium-processing plant in Metropolis, Ill, shows the danger of using scab labor in a plant that requires sophisticated and trained workers.
Read moreJudge backs labor board over Boeing
July 1, 2011A federal judge threw out a motion by Boeing to dismiss an NLRB lawsuit that charged the company with illegally punishing union workers in Washington state by moving a new production line to South Carolina.
Read moreProbe shows union-busting Michelle Rhee wrote Michigan anti-teacher law
July 1, 2011Anti-union consultant writes bill that attacks Michigan teachers.
Read moreIKEA stacks deck against union backers
June 30, 2011IKEA agreed to a union election date, but only after adding "team captains" to the pool in a move the Machinists union says is aimed at influencing the vote.
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