Labor

Biden nominates Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Laborer, as Labor Secretary

January 8, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

He will return control of the Department of Labor to a pro-union advocate.

Korean workers say POSCO steel company guilty of manslaughter

January 8, 2021 By IndustriALL

A pattern of fatal accidents at the global steel company will only be resolved when workers’ have the right to organize freely and participate in safety systems, says the Korean Metal Workers’ Union.

Union leaders join in blaming Trump for insurrection, coup attempt

January 7, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Denunciations come as lawmakers demand the immediate removal of the president and discussions start on both invocation of the 25th Amendment and immediate impeachment.

Google workers organize innovative new type of union with CWA

January 5, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Using innovations to attract their colleagues—everyone from software engineers to outside “contractors”—Google workers are organizing the high-tech behemoth.

Connecticut UNITE HERE activists canvass Georgia to take back Senate

January 4, 2021 By Ron Hurt

900 canvassers affiliated with the UNITE HERE union have been getting out the vote in Georgia for weeks. New Haven Alder Ron Hurt is one of them, and reflects on his experiences here.