Cindy Farquhar

Minnesota health care workers beat down right wing court challenge

August 21, 2014 By Barb Kucera

If Service Employees win, it would be the largest union election and organizing victory in Minnesota history and one of the largest in the U.S. in the last several years.

Letter carriers: U.S. mail not for sale!

July 24, 2014 By Ben Sears

Letter carriers are concerned about the privatization threat and the threat to eliminate Saturday delivery, and about attempts to end door to door delivery service altogether.

Postal workers and supporters rally to save the mail

July 23, 2014 By John Wojcik And Beatrice Lumpkin

Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied

AFSCME helping 12,000 Chicago cab drivers unionize

July 17, 2014 By John Wojcik

Over 1,000 delegates to the 41st AFSCME International Convention told the 12,000 cab drivers of this city who are trying to unionize that they are not alone.

Home care workers file for largest union election in Minnesota history

July 17, 2014 By Barb Kucera

Pay is so low that many caregivers qualify for food stamps, don’t get paid sick leave or health or retirement benefits.