unions
Workers across the country slam Verizon for refusing to talk
March 23, 2012Members of the Communications Workers of America, other unions and student and community allies protested outside of a Verizon wireless store.
Read moreSenate’s phony “JOBS Act” not about jobs, deregulates Wall Street
March 23, 2012AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka came out with a blistering statement on the Senate's passage of the so-called "JOBS Act."
Read moreState workers’ lobby day important for all workers
March 22, 2012The immediate struggle for pay raises and collective bargainingis part of the larger, national context for democracy and progressive change.
Read moreGeorgia’s anti-picketing law an attack on the 99 percent
March 20, 2012Unions and progressive groups are fighting a new law that would make forms of protest - including picketing and peaceful sit-downs -- a crime, the AFL-CIO reports.
Read moreLabor raising an “army of 400,000” for the 2012 elections
March 16, 2012"At stake is nothing less than our democracy itself. What the labor movement intends to do is magnitudes greater than anything we have ever done in an election before."
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