workers rights

Union workers reject Crystal Sugar’s concession demands

July 6, 2012 By Workday

A total of 82 percent of union members voted on the demands. Of those, 63 percent voted to reject Crystal's contract offer.

Judge sides with American Airlines, blocks employees’ vote

June 25, 2012

CWA spent years contacting the customer service reps at American Airlines and was ready to hold a union election just as management took the company into bankruptcy.

Some Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on

June 20, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.

An in-depth look at Germany’s Left Party congress

June 5, 2012 By Victor Grossman

The media were keen for a real wide split in the party. In truth, a lot of the members feared the same.

NYC public workers battle Bloomberg, with video

May 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Even as Mayor Michael Bloomberg ladles out billions of dollars to contractors in questionable deals, the multimillionaire former businessman is trying to cut pay of 10,000 of the city's municipal trades workers.