workers rights

Unionists back marriage equality, in and out of high court

March 28, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Inside and outside the U.S. Supreme Court, unionists backed the right of same-sex couples to marry as the justices held hearings on two separate cases on the issue.

Marriage equality promises “a more perfect union”

March 26, 2013 By PW Editorial

Legal experts and human rights activists describe this week's two cases before the Supreme Court on same-sex marriageas as monumental.

Governor calls unions the voice of American workers

March 26, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

"We live in a time in which more and more capital is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told union delegates at the AFL-CIO Labor Legislative Conference.

Paperworkers end strike, resume talks with Nippon

March 26, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

Union paperworkers walked their picket line round-the-clock last week demanding that Nippon Paper resume "good faith" contract talks. They ended the walkout when the company came back to the bargaining table.

Minimum wage workers press Senate for hike

March 22, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

WASHINGTON - For seven years, Carolle Fleurio has been a cook at a family restaurant in Stockbridge, Ga., and even though she enjoys the job, she told a Senate panel here, it's tough to raise a...