Labor

Scott Walker not welcome in Chicago (with video)

November 7, 2011 By Scott Marshall

Wisconsin's union busting governor Scott Walker came to Chicago last week and labor, community and Occupy Chicago reminded him the Windy City is a union town.

How many hours has your bus driver been behind the wheel?

November 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The next time you get on an inter-city bus, ask the driver how many hours he or she has spent behind the wheel in the last week.

Workers reject sugar company demands; lockout continues

November 3, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers at American Crystal Sugar's seven plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa rejected, by a nine to one margin in a Nov. 1 vote, the company's latest demands.

Right-to-work legislation enables the one percent

November 2, 2011 By John Rummel

Michigan Senate Bill 729 is another insidious attack on working people initiated by the Republican-controlled legislature.

In Ohio town, Solidarity Day rally vows to repeal SB 5

November 2, 2011 By Tim Steinhelfer

Hundreds rallied on the courthouse lawn in Newark, Ohio, on Oct. 30, "Solidarity Day," calling for repeal of Ohio's union-busting SB 5 law.