Labor
Texas federal judge permanently kills Obama overtime pay expansion
September 5, 2017Had the overtime rule stayed in effect, federal overtime pay law would have covered up to 12.5 million workers.
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Changing demographics mean workers today need new protections
September 1, 2017The stereotype of the U.S. workforce, harkening back to the 1950s, of Daddy going to work and Mommy staying home to take care of the kids is dead.
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Though elections are next year unions already revving up
September 1, 2017Governors’ races are particularly important to workers next year because most of the governors will have power over redistricting.
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Trumka: Unions focusing on members’ needs as 2018 election approaches
August 31, 2017Trumka spoke as the nation’s unions face a concerted assault from the radical right, its business backers and its political handmaidens.
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This week in history: Emma M. Nutt Day honors telephone operators
August 31, 2017Emma Mills Nutt, born in 1851, became the first woman telephone operator in America on September 1, 1878.
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