Labor
Teamsters battle senator’s scheme to lengthen truckers’ hours behind the wheel
August 14, 2014"We cannot afford to add to driver fatigue by rolling back hours-of-service regulations, which were carefully crafted over the course of more than two decades."
Read moreToday in labor history: Historic Buffalo switchmen’s strike
August 12, 2014On this day workers on three railroads in Buffalo, New York, went on strike for two weeks, one of the first work stoppages to attempt coordinated actions.
Read moreGolden Gate Bridge workers authorize a strike
August 11, 2014The 450 workers in the 13 unions that comprise the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition have authorized a strike if a new agreement cannot be reached.
Read moreToday in labor history: Zeigfield Follies chorus girls form union
August 11, 2014It happened on August 12, 1919. The chorus girls in his Ziegfeld Follies formed their own union, the Chorus Equity Association.
Read moreNLRB official: Mercedes breaks labor law at Alabama auto plant
August 8, 2014The UAW effort in Alabama is part of the union's new focus on organizing autoworkers at foreign "transplant" plants in the South.
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