unions – Page 315 – People's World

We were ‘forceful’ with Trump, says building trades president

April 10, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

“We go everywhere and anywhere … to advance the economic interests of our members … .”

Yale graduate workers vote union

April 4, 2017 By Joelle Fishman

For over a quarter-century these workers, now members of Local 33 Unite Here, have been organizing for the right to union representation and a voice at work.

AFL-CIO condemns Trump’s “soft” approach to trade

April 4, 2017 By Patrick J. Foote

“This draft leaves standing the worst and most oppressive parts of NAFTA."

First time ever: Bank tellers fight to form a union

March 31, 2017 By Larry Rubin

The bank forces its employees to choose between ripping off customers and losing their jobs.

Remembering Mike Smith, postal worker and labor stalwart

March 23, 2017 By John Dick

Till his last day, Mike Smith was 100 percent union. Doug, his son, called the union office the morning after his death. His words to me: “You guys were his life.”