News
Texas clergy and students back Walmart strikers
June 3, 2013We protested low wages, unattainable benefits, and murderous uncertain working hours.
Read more
President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma
June 3, 2013President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
Read more
Why undocumented immigrants keep coming
June 3, 2013On the night of May 1, 2013, a criminal gang attacked a group of impoverished Central American migrants, who were riding on the top of a freight train passing through Cosoalacaque, in Veracruz, Mexico.
Read more
Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
Read more
Today in labor history: Int’l Ladies Garment Workers Union founded
June 3, 2013Today in labor history in 1900 the International Ladies Garment Workers Union was founded in New York City by seven local unions, with a few thousand members between them.
Read more