How the Employee Free Choice Act Would Help Our Union Organize
January 20, 2009: Workers who try to join our union get threatened and sometimes even fired by employers who want to stay union-free.
Labor Movement
New York Times: Labor Calls for Unity After Years of Division
January 8, 2008: The presidents of 12 of the nation’s largest labor unions called Wednesday for reuniting the American labor movement, which split apart three and a half years ago when seven unio
New York Times: The Labor Agenda
January 6, 2009: There is no doubt that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a labor secretary who could be a transformative force in a long-neglected arena.
San Francisco Chronicle: Happy Holidays for Laundry Workers—Back Wages
December 19, 2008: Five years after filing suit against her employer for failing to pay wages mandated by Hayward's living wage law, a former laundry worker in San Leandro opened an envelope Th
Hard-Fought Victory at Smithfield Comes at Last
December 12, 2008: A long fight at the world’s largest pork processing plant has come to an end, as workers at the Smithfield Tar Heel plant voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers.
Victorious Workers at Republic End Sit-In
December 11, 2008: Workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago ended their week-long occupation last night, chanting "we did it!" as they left the plant.
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