Labor

The banksters who destroyed the economy through criminal negligence weren't forced to make concessions, but autoworkers are. June 11, 2009

If ever there was a workplace that needed a union, it's Wal-Mart, and if ever there was a time for such a union, it's now. June 11, 2009

More than 500 people marched in support of strikers at the Stella D'oro cookie factory as the walkout approaches its one-year anniversary. June 4, 2009

Corporate America is increasingly confident that it will defeat the most "controversial" parts of proposed pro-union legislation. June 3, 2009

Hundreds of workers and students confronted the University of Washington Board of Regents May 28 over plans for budget cuts. June 1, 2009

More than 200 union members and supporters rallied to demand that Congress pass the Employee Free Choice Act. May 28, 2009

Two buses of Stella D'oro strikers and supporters left the Bronx on May 11 to take their fight to corporate headquarters. May 28, 2009

A reform group in the San Francisco teachers union took 41 percent of the vote for top union positions in an election marked by low turnout. May 22, 2009

About 50 hotel workers and their supporters picketed the Hyatt Regency Long Beach to demand union recognition. May 22, 2009

The judge who barred a one-day teachers' strike in Los Angeles is drawing on an old tradition of using the courts to cripple--or crush--labor unions. May 21, 2009

After a judge issued an order banning a one-day strike against layoffs set for May 15, LA teachers are continuing to mobilize as the stakes get higher. May 19, 2009

About 75 New York City public school teachers, students and parents rallied to resist school closings and city control of schools. May 19, 2009

More than 300 teachers, librarians, counselors and others packed a recent Portland Public Schools board meeting to protest working without a contract. May 19, 2009

Nurses from across the country descended on Washington for two days of action that included a protest at a Senate hearing on health care reform. May 15, 2009

Rank-and-file members of New York City's powerful subway and bus workers' union have united to challenge the leadership in local elections. May 15, 2009

A majority of workers at the Laurelhurst Village nursing home in Portland, Ore., signed union cards. But their battle was just beginning. May 15, 2009

A scheduled teachers' rally in Boston against budget cuts and layoffs will take place May 19, but without support from union leaders. May 15, 2009

Union and community leaders held a 24-hour vigil in Los Angeles to rally support for the Employee Free Choice Act. May 15, 2009

By threatening sanctions that could bankrupt the union if LA teachers hold a one-day strike, a judge is backing efforts to eliminate 5,000 jobs. May 14, 2009

Another factory occupation to protest a possible plant closure could be taking shape in the Chicago area. May 13, 2009

At least 100 workers and their supporters picketed San Diego's Plaza del Pasado to protest the firing of 131 members of UNITE HERE. May 12, 2009

More than 700 health care union workers and activists met in San Francisco April 25 to formally launch the National Union of Healthcare Workers. May 7, 2009

United Teachers Los Angeles members are getting ready to walk the picket line for one day in a fight against planned layoffs of 4,000 teachers. May 6, 2009

Nearly 100 people turned out to an executive officers candidates' debate held by the United Educators of San Francisco. April 30, 2009

Faculty and students want the reinstatement of 12 adjunct faculty at New York City's Parsons the New School for Design. April 27, 2009