Labor
Wisconsin union battle moves to … Massachusetts?
May 9, 2011The overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts state House passed a bill that would limit the right of public employees to collectively bargain for their health care.
Read moreVictory after a 5-year union push at Rite Aid
May 4, 2011Rite Aid went to work almost immediately on developing an aggressive campaign to block the union organizing drive.
Read moreSweeney, prominent bishop challenge Catholic Church on action for workers
May 4, 2011Retired AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, one of the Catholic Church's most prominent laymen, and a bishop are challenging their church to live up to its own ideals on workers' rights.
Read moreNew Yorkers join in taking back May Day
May 3, 2011The sun was shinning as 10,000 New Yorkers celebrated International Workers Day last Sunday, May 1.
Read moreOhio labor launches petition drive to repeal anti-labor bill
May 3, 2011Thousands of volunteers are fanning out across Ohio circulating petitions to repeal Senate Bill 5, a measure stripping collective bargaining rights from over 350,000 public employees.
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