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Labor Spotlight: “My work speaks louder than other peoples’ opinions do.”

March 1, 2016 By Yennifer Mateo

An interview with Theresa King, the first woman ever to be elected as President of the Florida Building and Construction Trades.

Arkansas poultry workers see wages plucked

February 9, 2016 By C.J. Atkins

Tyson Foods delivered the news to shareholders that its income soared by 49 percent; but the poultry workers who made all this money for the chicken titan face serious struggles.

Teamsters and others fight pension battle over multi-employer fund

February 3, 2016 By Larry Sillanpa

Teamsters are one of the unions under the knife now, but 200 multi-employer pension funds covering 1.5 million American workers could be in jeopardy for a number of reasons.

CWA: Deutsche Telekom faces rising pressure over T-Mobile misconduct

January 28, 2016 By PAI

Not only are CWA and ver.di demanding that DT force its U.S. T-Mobile managers to obey U.S. labor law, but so are U.S. lawmakers and major investors.

The “Right-to-Work” movement’s attack on women workers

January 19, 2016 By Sheila Bapat

If strong public sector union jobs are eroded as a result of the right-to-work movement's attack, this will be an added setback for women's economic status in the U.S.