Labor
AFT’s Weingarten lays out new models for unions
January 15, 2015American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten today laid out a framework for a renewed American labor movement.
Read moreAFL-CIO opens Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta
January 15, 2015Today kicks off the AFL-CIO's 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference in Atlanta.
Read moreTeamsters blast green light allowing Mexican trucks roll nationwide
January 14, 2015The Teamsters are blasting an Obama administration Transportation Department green light to let all Mexican trucks roll over every U.S. road.
Read moreAttacks on workers expected to follow pattern set in Missouri
January 14, 2015"Paycheck deception" legislation, which its right-wing backers disguise as "paycheck protection" is another ALEC/corporate brainstorm.
Read moreSeafarers rescue Syrian war refugees in the Mediterranean sea
January 14, 2015Continuing what is a Seafarers tradition, the Seafarer-crewed MV Liberty Grace rescued 231 refugees from Syria's civil war.
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