Labor
Labor campaigns vs. NUMMI closure
February 14, 2010Workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant ratchet up pressure to keep the plant open despite Toyota's decision to shut it down in March.
Read moreExtend jobless benefits!
February 8, 2010Without this extension millions of unemployed workers and families will be dropped from the rolls. Contact your senators now!
Read moreMLK was a working-class hero
February 3, 2010"I AM A MAN," the signs proclaimed in large, bold letters. They were held high, proudly and defiantly, by African-American men marching through the streets of Memphis.
Read moreCVS risking consumer, workers’ health for profits, laborers claim
February 3, 2010Members of Laborers Local 78 are connecting poor treatment of consumers to poor working conditions for contractors, and are urging consumers to pressure CVS.
Read moreHistoric union contract signed at Foxwoods
February 2, 2010"We have voted and we now have a contract!" exclaimed a game-table dealer and member of UAW Local 2121 at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
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