Labor

Union tells Court Trump violates Constitution by not paying workers

January 14, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The amendment says the government may not “deprive anyone of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” The workers’ salaries are their property since they earned them, NATCA says.

Overcrowded classrooms, privatization schemes force LA teachers to strike

January 14, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

The teachers in Los Angeles, with the support of students and parents, are striking the second largest public school system in the nation.

Los Angeles braces itself for a teachers strike Monday morning

January 11, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Only the highly visible public drama of a District-wide strike will draw sufficient attention to the multiplicity of problems, many of them of a fiscal nature, that plague public education.

Workers, allies blast Trump lockout of federal workers

January 11, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg And Michelle Zacarias

Workers and their allies blasted Trump’s closure of a large part of the federal government and his denial of pay to 800,000 workers.

Workers actually took charge to win the victory at Marriott hotels

January 10, 2019 By David Bacon

I knew we were on the right track when we had 23 hotels on strike in eight cities, and the strike vote came up in Seattle.