Labor
Chicago Sun-Times bought by investor group, including unions
July 14, 2017“We are proud that we are able to keep Chicago as a two-paper town where the voices of working families will have an outlet through an independent paper like the Chicago Sun-Times."
Read moreTrump labor board nominees duck tough questions
July 14, 2017Despite the performance at their July 13 confirmation hearing, the Senate will likely approve management-side labor lawyer William Emanuel and Marvin Kaplan, a former GOP congressional staffer.
Read moreAuto workers at Canton, Mississippi Nissan plant to hold union election
July 13, 2017If the UAW wins at Nissan, it would be a major step in the union’s long campaign to organize auto plants in the worker-hostile South.
Read moreSenate GOP health bill could cost nearly a million jobs
July 13, 2017A study from the Commonwealth Fund says the GOP's replacement for Obamacare could cost 919,000 jobs in less than a decade.
Read moreGarbage workers in CA win union after a ten-year fight
July 12, 2017The win in Santa Rosa highlighted a spate of union victories that produced a total of at least 950 new members.
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