Labor
House GOP unveils two more anti-NLRB, anti-union bills
June 14, 2013The radical right GOP majority on the House Education and the Workforce Committee continued its anti-worker crusade.
Read moreTeamsters voting on UPS pacts
June 14, 2013Teamsters are voting on new contracts with UPS. They cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the U.S.
Read morePatriot Coal walkout on talks forces miners to consider strike
June 13, 2013TRIANGLE, Va. (PAI) - Workers at Patriot Coal Co., which is now undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, will have to prepare for a strike authorization vote after firm managers walked out of talks on a settlement on June...
Read moreUnions descend on Capitol Hill for big immigration push
June 13, 2013WASHINGTON (PAI) - Backed by strong statements from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, dozens of local union leaders from around the nation descended on Capitol Hill starting on June 12...
Read moreAnti-union greed the killer in Philly building collapse
June 12, 2013Six people who died here June 5 have been described as being "of different backgrounds and classes."
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