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In a democracy, decisions about the use of publicly-owned land and public funds should be driven by robust public debate, including the right of members of the public to peacefully protest.

RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum said the Union Square employees “set an example for Barnes & Noble workers across the country of the change that is possible in the industry.”

ILWU Local 13 said employers have "thumbed their noses" at worker pay requests. The local, representing 12,000 longshoremen in Los Angeles and Long Beach, said rank-and-file union members "had taken it upon themselves to voice their displeasure."

Something unusual happened in Vermont last week. The flagship location of Ben & Jerry’s in Burlington recognized the Scoopers United union after almost all 39 workers voted in favor of it.

Alexis Rizzo was one of the first members of Starbucks Workers United; she was recently fired in retaliation, but her fight isn’t over yet.

Federal safety authority Osha has imposed millions in fines on discount retailer which is largest retail chain in US.

Push for better pay and benefits among US scientists arrives at world’s largest biomedical funder.

The ruling means Glacier Northwest Inc. can sue over its claim that wet concrete loaded onto trucks was rendered useless after workers walked off the job.

A strike is a collective assertion of our dignity. It’s not about money — except insofar as, in America, money equals respect.

A weakness of labor is an inability to critically examine the stakes. As a healthy organization, you have to be able to examine the past, acknowledge it, account for it, and move forward. Without that you’re stuck in a circular trap.