unions
SEIU Attorney: Supreme Court case bigger threat than progressives realize
May 19, 2014A recently argued U.S. Supreme Court case, pushed on the justices by the anti-worker National Right to Work Committee, is a big threat to unions.
Read moreAmerica’s top hospital gets failing grade in treatment of its workers
May 16, 2014Hospital workers were on the march in the pouring rain earlier this month at John Hopkins Hospital saying: "America's Number One Hospital - Keeping Workers in Poverty."
Read moreTurkish unions, charging “murders,” stage national strike over mine disaster
May 16, 2014"The horrific news coming from the coal mine near Soma is a punch in the gut for every coal miner everywhere in the world."
Read moreFast food workers strike in 150 U.S. cities and 36 countries
May 16, 2014"It feels good to be a part of history. It's been a year that fast-food workers first went on strike for $15 and a union and now our movement has spread all over the world."
Read moreUnion leader says Supreme Court favors billionaires over workers
May 15, 2014The campaign finance rulings "open the gates to billionaires" to capture the U.S. political process while shutting workers out, AFSCME President Lee Saunders says.
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