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Supreme Court upholds striking workers’ rights in 10-year battle

October 30, 2009 By Joelle Fishman

HARTFORD, Conn. — After a 10-year battle, nursing home workers won a precedent-setting Supreme Court ruling this week.

Labor, progressives, manufacturers meet: ‘Think big & bold’ to rebuild economy

October 30, 2009 By Matt Murtagh

WASHINGTON — A jam-packed conference here Oct. 29 demanded bold action for a new, green manufacturing economy.

“No contract, no work,” says Philadelphia transport union

October 30, 2009 By Rosita Johnson

Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 234 has voted to authorized a strike at the end of this week, if continuing negotiations do not result in a contract by October 31

Coming back to the NLRB’s core mission

October 29, 2009 By John Wojcik

The son of an Iowa coal miner is pleased that the United States has moved closer now to enforcing a piece of the law that has too often been ignored.

Labor hits union busting by immigration agency

October 29, 2009 By Emile Schepers

An important report by the AFL-CIO, American Rights at Work and the National Employment Law Project paints a shocking picture of how, under the Bush administration, ICE, (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) ran roughshod over the rights...