News
People’s World editor elected VP of labor journalist group
September 18, 2013"Wojcik brings to the board years of dedication and experience as a labor journalist committed to the goals of our organization."
Read more
Oil, fracking chemical leaks worsen Colorado flood disaster
September 17, 2013The flooding caused the evacuation of 11,750 people; some of those evacuees are reportedly returning home now, only to find their houses destroyed, and in some instances, discovering foul polluted water.
Read more
“Mr. Clean” gives guest workers a dirty deal
September 17, 2013America's unions are going to bat for foreign workers who toil in America, in conditions that approximate slavery. And Dwight Allen, a 41-year-old "guest worker" laboring in Florida apartment buildings says he is sure glad they...
Read more
Co-op banks to invest in worker-owned U.S. businesses
September 17, 2013The world's largest industrial, worker-owned and run cooperative, Spanish-based Mondragon and its bank, Laboral Kutxa, agreed to partner with U.S. based National Cooperative Bank to invest in U.S. cooperative businesses.
Read more
Today in labor history: Chicano draft resistance
September 16, 2013Muñoz decided - like thousands of other young people n the US - that if drafted, he would refuse to go fight in Vietnam. He was UCLA's first Chicano Student Body President, and started organizing in...
Read more