Senate defeats GOP anti-union scheme
The anti-union measure would have nullified NLRB rules that consolidate legal hearings regarding the union votes and shortening the time period for employers' appeals.
GOP attack on Michigan school workers never stops
Public school employees charged that Michigan State Senate Bill 1040 would severely slash retiree health and pension benefits.
Rough going for anti-union drives
The right-wing anti-labor agenda continues, as bills in state capitols countrywide - designed to attack workers rights - still threaten middle and working class families.
Under the gun, Congress OK’s 90-day fix on mass transit
The ruling House GOP wouldn't even let lawmakers vote on a 2-year bipartisan highway-mass transit bill the Senate approved earlier this month.
Labor sees real right-wing conspiracy in the states
Unions must continue to mobilize, lobby, and reach out for allies to stop the constant stream of anti-worker legislation that keeps flowing into and out of state legislatures.
Missouri unions fight right-wing obstruction
"The sun is shining on organized labor today," State Sen. Tim Green, told thousands of union members.
Labor hits delay on new safety rule
The Obama administration's Office of Management and Budget is sitting on - apparently indefinitely - a proposed job safety rule to cut worker exposure to silica dust.
State workers' lobby day important for all workers
The immediate struggle for pay raises and collective bargainingis part of the larger, national context for democracy and progressive change.
Minn. GOP assaults workers with constitutional amendments
Right to work sounds innocent enough in name, but in reality it is yet another corporate attack on middle class families.
Anti-worker legislation’s negative impact on women, minorities
The anti-worker legislation pushed for the last 18 months by the Big Business-GOP cabal has a disproportionate impact on women and minorities.
