Labor

Inflation? More like CEO ‘greedflation’ according to AFL-CIO Paywatch report

July 21, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Wall Street elites have been quick to blame workers’ wages and low unemployment for causing inflation. But in reality, U.S. workers’ earnings actually fell behind inflation.

As expected, Biden names emergency board to try to solve rail dispute

July 20, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

A special board will take testimony and try to resolve the dispute between 14 railroad unions over a new contract.

AFT says mass exodus of teachers can be stopped

July 19, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Issues report that lays out solutions to the growing national problem.

AFT’s Weingarten: Teachers rise after ‘brutal’ years of politics and pandemic

July 18, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Teachers rising, she said, to beat back both the continuing plague and the radical right reactionaries.

Interviews with AFSCME workers: Mixed election outlook, major voter suppression worries

July 15, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Union leaders, members, and allies have a long way to go to “rev up the troops.”