Labor
Union leaders confront race-and-politics issue head-on
August 6, 2008CHICAGO (PAI)--Facing the fact that many unionists may be reluctant to vote for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidency because he is African-American, union leaders meeting in Chicago decided to confront that issue head-on by...
Read more
Witnesses warn of turbulence ahead if Delta buys Northwest
August 6, 2008WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union leaders and a labor economist whose university has spent eight years studying the airline industry are warning of turbulence ahead I Atlanta-based Delta Airlines swallows Minnesota-based Northwest. In the third hearing on the proposed...
Read more
Postville takes center stage in national immigration debate
August 6, 2008The Iowa town of Postville took center stage – again - in the debate over the nation’s failed immigration system, as 1,500 people, including unionists, rallied July 27 in support of packinghouse workers there. The march...
Read more
USPS cuts impede We Deliver promise
August 6, 2008CLEVELAND -- Protesting another attempt to cut government services, 60 postal workers and their supporters picketed the Cleveland Airport Mail Center July 31 responding to a threatened shutdown by the U.S. Postal Service. “Save Our Airport...
Read more
California workers condemn Schwarzenegger wage cut
August 5, 2008SAN FRANCISCO — Union members protest the decision by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to cut the wages of over two hundred thousand state workers to the Federal minimum wage of $6.55/hour, alleging he must do so...
Read more