Labor
Chicago Walmart worker at White House summit today
June 23, 2014Holmes, one of hundreds of workers who traveled to today's White House Summit On Working Families, explained to Obama about how Walmart mistreated her when she was pregnant.
Read moreUnions unite for Connecticut elections
June 23, 2014"We are not letting anybody divide the unions of the Connecticut AFL-CIO!" exclaimed Randi Weingarten to a standing ovation and loud applause.
Read moreToday in labor history: Title IX enacted
June 23, 2014Title IX prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex.
Read moreOregon contractor tell NLRB he’d rather close than clean up
June 20, 2014A painting contractor accused of threatening, bribing, interrogating, discriminating against and firing pro-union workers went without an attorney, and ended up being the prosecution's best witness.
Read moreJustices unanimously back public employee whistleblower
June 20, 2014The 9-0 ruling cheered the NEA, whose Alabama affiliate - the largest and most-influential union in the state - provided the attorneys for whistleblower Edward Lane in lower court arguments.
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