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On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers

March 12, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.

West Virginia workers launch “insurrection” in state capital

March 10, 2015 By John Case

Demonstrators protesting the national wave of wage and safety cuts and anti-union assaults, were led by the West Virginia AFL-CIO and joined by national labor leaders.

Senate GOP votes to kill NLRB union elections rule, Obama promises veto

March 6, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 53-46 party-line vote, the GOP-run Senate voted to kill the NLRB's planned union elections rule update.

Corporations using LA election to exert control over schools

March 6, 2015 By David Trujillo

The teachers' union, plus parents and community leaders, faced off against a powerful, well-financed challenge.

Wisconsin GOP continues its “right-to-work” steamroller

March 6, 2015 By Dominique Paul Noth

Republicans aren't slowing down their steamroller despite widespread opposition that continued this week from all quarters in Wisconsin.