Labor
Judges’ rulings take away workers’ rights
August 27, 2014If there ever is a year that proves the importance of judges' rulings to workers' rights, 2014 is it. That's because the jurists in black robes spent much of the year taking rights away.
Read moreOregon anti-labor groups try to kill paid sick leave
August 27, 2014What seemed to be a win for the growing national campaign for local paid sick leave laws has turned into a battle royal between the city and Lake County.
Read moreGovernor and Senate races top labor’s political agenda
August 27, 2014As the 2014 campaign passes Labor Day, anti-worker and anti-union governors, all right-wing and all elected in the 2010 GOP sweep - are top targets this fall.
Read moreToday in labor history: The murder of Fannie Sellins
August 26, 2014William Z. Foster, leader of the great steel strike of 1919, called Sellins one of the best of a whole corps of organizers, with an exceptional belief in the workers.
Read moreDescendants of 1934’s Teamster strikers carry proud legacy
August 26, 2014Their parents or grandparents 80 years ago stood together and fought in the streets of Minneapolis for the right to organize a union during 1934's Teamster strikes.
Read more