Elections

Minnesota union leader Blaha seeks top state office

July 6, 2018 By Steve Share

Blaha is a former president of the 2,800-member Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota, one of the largest teachers’ locals in the state.

N.Y. state AFL-CIO endorses incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo

July 6, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

“We can have a New York where our leaders no longer rule by bullying and fear, but actually fight for and win victories."

Ohio gubernatorial race: Sutton presses DeWine on ‘right to work’

July 5, 2018 By Matt Jaworski

“I have tried to explain that this is not a Democratic thing and this is not a Republican thing. This is a working-class families thing.”

Brazil: Right-wing government hits workers, workers hit back

July 2, 2018 By Emile Schepers

In Brazil, the far-right-wing government of President Michel Temer had a victory over the country’s workers and unions last week, but the fighting spirit of the Brazilian working class seems to be undaunted.

Mexico election: Reformer Andrés Manuel López Obrador poised for victory

June 29, 2018 By Combined Sources

There is a corrupt and “rapacious minority” of business executives, López Obrador says, who oppose him because they know they will have to “stop stealing” if he wins.