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After tough election, labor leaders say unions are here to stay

November 17, 2014 By John Wojcik

"What happened in this election," Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO declared, "is that the vast majority of the voters stayed home."

AFL-CIO to push economic agenda starting with January wage summit

November 13, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO will strongly push its economic agenda, emphasizing job creation and raising workers' incomes, starting with a "wage summit" in January in D.C.

Locked capitol doors lead to Michigan unions’ right-to-work lawsuit

November 13, 2014 By Marty Mulcahy

The long-running war over Michigan's controversial, Republican-engineered "Right to Work" (for less) laws is headed to court.

Teamsters, human rights groups demand justice for Gilberto Soto

November 7, 2014 By PAI

The Teamsters and 14 human rights groups bought a full-page ad about Soto's case in El Salvador's largest paper, La Prensa Grafica.

New Orleans union teachers to take case to U.S. Supreme Court

November 7, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The 7,500 union teachers and staff, fired after the state took over the schools following Hurricane Katrina, are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.