Labor
Steelworkers demand Trump restore aid to workers hurt by cheap imports
February 15, 2018“It’s disconcerting the administration is de-funding a program that helps workers who lose their jobs to unfair foreign trade, we’ll fight like hell to keep it, and Congress is our backstop on that.”
Read moreAFL-CIO President Trumka tells unions it’s time to go on offense
February 14, 2018Trumka headlined a parade of speakers, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.
Read moreHow unions help immigrants resist deportations
February 14, 2018Unite Here has played a leading role in the defense of immigrant rights in California and throughout the country.
Read moreRecalling Singapore’s forgotten unions
February 12, 2018The long-ruling People's Action Party first rose to power on the back of the working class - a once strong, now politically co-opted constituency.
Read moreHanford atomic workers get state legislative boost for workers’ comp
February 9, 2018Workers continue to be exposed to some of the most hazardous substances known to man, including many chemical and radiological hazards as yet unidentified, and the safety measures intended to protect them are inadequate.
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