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Starbucks workers in the Buffalo area announced that they were forming a union called Starbucks Workers United.

Ed Asner's concerns about economic and social justice did not stop with helping performers. He fought for victims of poverty, violence, war, and legal and social injustice, both in the United States and around the globe.

Union organizing campaigns are not reaching enough workers, but the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) wants to change that. In the first of this three-part series, EWOC volunteer Eric Dirnbach outlines the labor movement’s problems and

Mental health should be a priority in the workplace.

A wealth tax would raise badly-needed revenue. More importantly, it could reduce the fortunes—and power—of billionaires

On strike over unfair demands for concessions in contract negotiations including pension and over-time rules.

New working class heroes, not blinded by 21st century false promises, who hope to build better organizations from the ashes of the old -- should check out the writings of a deceased 88-year old New Yorker who knew what he was talking about.

The MSNBC newsroom has voted to unionize with the Writers Guild of America, East.

It’s an attempt to recreate the power dynamics of the employer-dominated company towns of old—with workers unable to change employers if they want to continuing working in the same industry.

Unions need to work with social agencies to set up confidential mental health services for members. Workers have been facing extra stress at work and they don't usually trust employer run programs.