Public Workers

The battles that must be won

May 16, 2011 By Jarvis Tyner

Re-electing Obama in 2012, preserving unions and public services, defeating racism, advocating for LGBT rights, fighting for a massive jobs program and ending the wars overseas are must win battles.

Union strength grows at Illinois universities

May 9, 2011 By Jean Paul Holmes

University employees and students in Chicago and at colleges throughout Illinois are stepping up union campaigns and ready to strike for their collective bargaining rights.

Illinois labor launches campaign to protect pensions

May 5, 2011 By John Bachtell

Big business blames public sector workers for the state's $8 billion budget deficit.

Video: Union thunder in Wisconsin

May 2, 2011 By Scott Marshall

They came in with a roar. Bringing union thunder on Haley-Davidsons. Motorcycles made in Wisconsin by union workers.

Drive opens to repeal union-busting Ohio law

April 27, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Tens of thousands of petitions are hitting the streets of Ohio to repeal Senate Bill 5, a drastic union-busting law led by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Gov. John Kasich.