unions

South African unions stage huge marches against road tolls

November 15, 2013 By Morning Star

South Africans marched across the country in support of a trade union campaign against electronic tolling on motorways and privatizing roads.

National Labor College to close

November 15, 2013 By PAI

"I am saddened to report that the Board of Trustees directed me and the college's officers to develop a plan to close the college," said the institution's president.

Today in labor history: Phone workers call for union

November 14, 2013 By Teresa Albano

The National Federation of Telephone Workers - later to become the CWA - was founded today in New Orleans in 1938.

Dem lawmakers: Slow down on Pacific trade bill

November 14, 2013 By PAI

The lawmakers said the two pacts, especially the TPP, cover far more than trade.

Supreme court wrestles with outlawing card check and other union rights

November 13, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Some right-wing anti-union moves ran into an apparently skeptical U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 13.