Labor
As groups converge on Chicago, watchdogs expose ALEC slush fund
August 5, 2013ALEC is running a secret, multi-million dollar slush fund that pays for lavish junkets for state lawmakers and has lied to the IRS.
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International groups to Iran’s new president: End trade union repression
August 5, 2013CODIR's call for action has brought together major UK trade unions.
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Today in labor history: Workers’ rule crushed in Hungary
August 5, 2013On August 7, 1919, the Republic of the Councils of Hungary in Budapest was crushed by foreign reactionaries.
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Corporate ineptitude in Navy contract looms over union drive
August 5, 2013Corporate ineptitude on a big U.S. Navy shipbuilding contract is looming over the latest organizing drive among Austal shipyard workers there.
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Immigration reform advocates speak out at AFL-CIO headquarters
August 5, 2013People all over the U.S. must pressure the GOP-run U.S. House to approve comprehensive immigration reform.
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