Labor
Governor and Senate races top labor’s political agenda
August 27, 2014As the 2014 campaign passes Labor Day, anti-worker and anti-union governors, all right-wing and all elected in the 2010 GOP sweep - are top targets this fall.
Read moreOhio governor candidate issues working-class program
August 18, 2014Fitzgerald showed the stark difference between his program and the the anti-labor, anti-civil rights, anti-woman, anti-local government, anti-public education policies of the incumbent.
Read moreToday in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank
August 15, 2014On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.
Read moreToday in labor history: Roosevelt signs Social Security Act
August 14, 2014In the aftermath of the Great Depression during which poverty encompassed 60 percent of the senior population, Social Security was a major plank of Roosevelt's "New Deal."
Read moreGolden Gate Bridge workers authorize a strike
August 11, 2014The 450 workers in the 13 unions that comprise the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition have authorized a strike if a new agreement cannot be reached.
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