Labor
California hotel workers celebrate as Emeryville calls for sanctuary workplaces
April 7, 2017Hotel workers and union and community supporters rallied April 4, marking the 10th anniversary of a historic struggle in which hospitality workers – many of them immigrants – won a living wage with workload standards and...
Read moreTrumka to Trump: Which side are you on?
April 5, 2017"Our economy is tilted steeply against working people and in favor of corporations."
Read moreYale graduate workers vote union
April 4, 2017For over a quarter-century these workers, now members of Local 33 Unite Here, have been organizing for the right to union representation and a voice at work.
Read moreAFL-CIO condemns Trump’s “soft” approach to trade
April 4, 2017“This draft leaves standing the worst and most oppressive parts of NAFTA."
Read moreFirst time ever: Bank tellers fight to form a union
March 31, 2017The bank forces its employees to choose between ripping off customers and losing their jobs.
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