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Potato chip boss to workers: “Screw you and your f**king union”

January 8, 2016 By C.J. Atkins

Supporters of the striking workers are being asked not to buy Covered Bridge chips until the company returns to negotiations.

Attorney: high court ruling could hurt all workers, union and non-union

January 7, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

A potential negative ruling in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case involving public workers and their unions could hurt all workers nationwide.

NLRB casting jaundiced eye against forced arbitrations

January 6, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

If you signed an employment contract in the past 15 years, you likely also signed away your rights to sue your employer if you get fired for bad reasons.

Labor meltdown: Elves threaten historic strike week before Christmas

December 18, 2015 By Patrick J. Foote

"This is a new day here in the North Pole; no longer will we settle for the technologies and working conditions of last century!"

Despite vicious opposition, Chattanooga workers are unionizing

December 7, 2015 By Larry Rubin

In the face of corporation opposition, skilled workers at the Volkswagen plant voted for UAW to become their collective bargaining representative, a step toward unionization of the whole plant.