Labor

Presidential candidates knocking at labor’s door this week

July 29, 2015 By John Wojcik

The AFL-CIO hopes to lay out a strategy to unite workers across the country behind its Raising Wages Agenda and behind a broad program of progressive action.

Minnesota, workers want AT&T to comply with state paid leave law

July 28, 2015 By Barb Kucera

Corporate defiance by AT&T led members of CWA and their families to rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis on July 17.

Striking federal contract workers demand “$15 and a union”

July 28, 2015 By Larry Rubin

All are employed by huge corporations that have been awarded contracts by the federal government, and all earn poverty wages.

“La Bestia” victims call for immigration reform

July 27, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Hernández lost his left leg and arm and part of his right hand when he fell from the top of a moving freight train while trying to reach the U.S. - he was desperate.

Netroots Nation delegates discussed unions’ role in progressive causes

July 23, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists at the confab included a large delegation from the CWA, a former top Unite Here activist, and AFL-CIO officials Liz Shuler and Tefere Gebre.