The UAW agreed to a backroom deal with Columbia University that would limit the right of graduate employees to strike for 17 months and severely weaken their bargaining power to negotiate a first contract.
The Democrats’ midterm triumphs in Nevada would not have been possible without Culinary Workers Union Local 226.
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A broader appeal by Question 1 in Massachusetts could have resulted in a win for nurses and patients.
AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka says the midterm elections showed how unions are dismantling a broken system that expects workers to work harder and longer and produce more wealth than ever before—but take home the same or even less.
The documentary film Nae Pasaran pays tribute to the Scottish trade unionists working at the Rolls-Royce plant in East Kilbride in 1974 who refused to carry out repairs to Chilean air force jet engines, eventually rendering them obsolete.
What are the checks and balances for Big Tech? What forces and people can keep them honest? The obvious answer is: their employees.
Even in Trump country, pro-union sentiment is rising. But can labor and its allies turn that sentiment into power?
A union can now be found guilty of violating the duty of fair representation (DFR) for losing track of a grievance or failing to promptly return a member’s phone calls about it.
Persistently large wealth inequality leaves many African-Americans--as well as Latinos and some parts of the Asian-American communities--in a very precarious economic situation and poorly prepared for retirement.
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