Labor

Campaign demands more funding for reentry programs

January 23, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

Supporters of the 50 percent for Jobs not Jails campaign rallied at the Alameda County Administration Building in Oakland Jan. 20.

After 26 years, government to end direct oversight of Teamsters

January 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

After 26 years, the federal government plans to end its consent decree and its direct oversight governing the Teamsters. But there are still strings attached.

Union leaders give Obama positive reviews except on trade

January 22, 2015 By PAI

Union leaders gave President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address generally positive reviews.

Call for stronger labor law first for Obama on national television

January 22, 2015 By John Wojcik

Obama, for the first time since he took office six years ago, used his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday to call for new, tougher labor laws to protect worker's rights.

Happiness is … joining a union!

January 21, 2015 By Clyde Weiss

Union members are happier with their lives than nonunion workers. Makes sense, right? Now comes a study that proves it.