Labor

Rail unionists, passengers, lawmakers blast Amtrak outsourcing

March 5, 2020 By PAI

Various right-wingers want to close down Amtrak’s national network, leaving only the profitable Northeast Corridor, which would then be privatized.

Organized labor and politics down south: Conversation with a rank-and-filer

March 4, 2020 By Al Neal

Governing elites in the southern U.S. have been passionately anti-union pretty much since we stopped being a British colony.

SEIU to spend $150 million in key states to defeat Trump

February 28, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The Service Employees have launched a $150 million political registration and organizing drive, from now through November’s election, to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new voters.

CWA to Democrats: Dump lawmakers who opposed PRO Act

February 25, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Challenging the Democratic Party to live up to its pro-worker utterances, the Communications Workers asked it to withdraw support from 7 House Democrats.

AFT endorses Warren, Biden, Sanders – for now

February 24, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

But regardless of who wins the Democratic nomination, the union, one of the two largest in the AFL-CIO and one of the four largest in the U.S., will be in their corner, the board said.