Labor

Mich. labor gets ready to rumble over GOP’s right-to-work plans

January 13, 2012 By Marty Mulcahy

"Any right-to-work effort in Michigan is going to be met with the fiercest opposition organized labor has ever brought against a single issue," said a building trades leader.

All eyes on 2012 elections at AFL-CIO King holiday observance

January 13, 2012 By John Rummel

"It's a new day, a new labor movement," and "victory can come to the 99 percent if we stand united," said AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker.

Steelworkers: Refinery closings could cause oil shortages in Northeast

January 13, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The union says oil companies' closure of three big refineries in the Philadelphia area - and a plan to demolish one plant if its owner can't find a buyer - could lead to oil shortages in...

South Carolina GOP seek drug tests and benefit cuts for jobless

January 12, 2012 By John Wojcik

This week a state senate panel in South Carolina approved a bill that would force unemployed workers to take drug tests in order to qualify for unemployment benefits.

Indiana GOP ramming “right to work” but battle continues

January 11, 2012 By Barbara Russum

The struggle for workers' collective bargaining rights suffered a blow in Indiana, but the fight is not over yet.