Labor

Corporations, courts, right wingers gang up on workers to kill overtime extension

December 1, 2016 By Larry Rubin

A federal judge in Texas has bowed to the wishes of corporate lobbying groups and has blocked a measure that would have increased by 12.5 million the number of workers eligible to receive overtime pay.

Hundreds of thousands of workers walk out for $15 and a union

December 1, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

From Washington to Los Angeles to Chicago, from Maine to Minnesota to Phoenix, low-wage workers – including fast food workers, airport workers, adjunct professors, home health care workers and for the first time, Uber drivers –...

Unions angered by Trump’s right wing extremist Cabinet picks

November 30, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

Tom Price is a leader in the Republican campaign to repeal the ACA. Betsy DeVos is a big donor to the GOP known for pushing right wing causes in Michigan, including taxpayer-paid vouchers for private school students.

Hundreds of Chicago airport workers join Fight for $15 action

November 30, 2016 By Patrick J. Foote

The Fight for $15 movement gained ground on Tuesday when hundreds of baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants and other airport workers went on strike at O’Hare Airport.

NLRB stops U.S. Postal Service privatization scheme

November 23, 2016 By APWU

The NLRB has squelched an attempt by the U.S. Postal Service to privatize and contract out some of its services. NLRB Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas ruled that USPS must immediately end its partnership with Staples...