Labor

Unions, not “right to work” laws, bring back an automaker

September 19, 2011 By St. Louis Labor Tribune

The labor movement is a key part of a recently successful effort to get a company to build a plant here that will produce diesel/electric vehicles.

Does outsourcing save government money?

September 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Contracting out federal jobs to the private sector wastes billions of dollars, a new study shows.

Farmworker rights bill awaits Calif. gov’s signature

September 16, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Now awaiting California Gov. Jerry Brown's signature is a bill to greatly strengthen the rights of the state's 400,000 farmworkers.

400 union women at confab demand equality and union rights

September 16, 2011 By Beatrice Lumpkin

Over 400 union women came to the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 16th Biennial Convention in Orlando, September 7-10, to demand equality and to defend union rights. The women came from many different unions to speak...

After elections, Guatemala turns right

September 16, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Guatemala held presidential and parliamentary elections Sept. 12 and, as expected, the far right was the biggest winner.