unions

Saving Texas schools

March 14, 2013

About 3,000 school workers and their allies rallied at the Capitol in Austin March 11. Buses came from all over the state.

L.A. healthcare security workers demonstrate

March 14, 2013 By Eric A. Gordon

"No contract, no peace!" chanted over fifty demonstrators from SEIU/USWW (Service Employees International Union/United Service Workers West) here Mar. 12.

Chicago unions go to bat for immigration reform

March 8, 2013 By John Wojcik

Chicago's labor movement turned out in force yesterday to declare support for immediate reform of immigration law.

Collective bargaining easier in Germany

March 7, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

The German model of collective bargaining, and what the U.S. can learn from it, was the top topic of conversation.

Acting labor secretary links wage hikes to unions

March 4, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

U.S. workers' wages rise when U.S. unions thrive, the temporary top man at the U.S. Labor Department, acting Secretary Seth Harris, says.