unions
From Freedom Summer to Mississippi Nissan plant: “We got the power”
June 30, 2014The event was about more than pay - the workers live in constant fear; "Once you step into that plant, you cannot speak your mind."
Read moreIn about-face, lawmakers uphold Saturday mail delivery
June 27, 2014After lobbying by the nation's postal unions - and questions from non-partisan auditors about savings claims - a key GOP-run House committee reversed course.
Read moreWest Coast dock workers battling push to gut ILWU
June 26, 2014With their six-year contract about to expire, talks being held between the ILWU and the managers of Pacific coastal ports are going down to the wire.
Read moreUnite Here aims to grow union membership among low wage workers
June 25, 2014Delegates from all over the country, representing some 270,000 Unite Here members, are converging on this city June 25-27 for the union's constitutional convention.
Read moreAnother problem for Gov. Christie: lawsuit for failure to pay pensions
June 24, 2014The workers all say Christie did not make a required $900 million payment to the state and local workers' pension plan. He wants the workers to shoulder the load, instead.
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