unions
Union strength grows at Illinois universities
May 9, 2011University employees and students in Chicago and at colleges throughout Illinois are stepping up union campaigns and ready to strike for their collective bargaining rights.
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Wisconsin union battle moves to … Massachusetts?
May 9, 2011The overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts state House passed a bill that would limit the right of public employees to collectively bargain for their health care.
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Pete Seeger on the power of songs, an interview
May 5, 2011Now is Pete Seeger's 92nd birthday. Happy birthday Pete!
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New Yorkers join in taking back May Day
May 3, 2011The sun was shinning as 10,000 New Yorkers celebrated International Workers Day last Sunday, May 1.
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Ohio labor launches petition drive to repeal anti-labor bill
May 3, 2011Thousands of volunteers are fanning out across Ohio circulating petitions to repeal Senate Bill 5, a measure stripping collective bargaining rights from over 350,000 public employees.
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