Labor

Fast food workers plan civil disobedience during Thursday’s nationwide strikes

September 3, 2014 By John Wojcik

Fast food workers in cities across the United States are planning strikes and civil disobedience tomorrow, according to organizers.

Battle of the Overpass: Henry Ford, the UAW, and the power of the press

September 3, 2014 By Mike Marino

Henry Ford in particular was the poster child of anti-unionism in the heady days of strikes and strife, preferring profits over workers' rights.

Outrage over plea bargain in burning death of lab worker

August 28, 2014 By PAI

A plea-bargained small settlement in the case of a CWA worker who burned to death in an unsafe college chemical laboratory has outraged both her family and her union.

The Democracy Initiative: A national campaign caught fire

August 28, 2014 By PAI

The CWA created the Democracy Initiative after seeing how a combination of political factors combined to thwart pro-democracy/pro-worker legislation and initiatives.

Ohio’s GOP governor ignores pleas of 3,000 fired Ormet workers

August 28, 2014 By John Milam

The tattered sign standing at the entrance of Ormet's North Gate pretty much says it all. It pleads to Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, for "some help" to save Ohio jobs.