Let’s Fix What’s Broken
Bill Hohlfeld
August 21, 2017
All of us have heard, and probably used at some time in our lives, the old expression: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” There is no doubt, that as
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Idaho Silver Strike Enters Sixth Month
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
August 21, 2017
Mullan, Idaho—Members of United Steelworkers Local 5114 have been on strike at the Lucky Friday silver mine here since March 13, resisting major concessions demanded by Hecla, the mine’s owner.
Canadian Building Trades: Going Green Would Create 4 Million Jobs
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
August 21, 2017
Ottawa, Ontario—Converting Canada’s economy to virtually eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions could create almost 4 million construction jobs over the next 35 years, says a study commissioned by Canada’s Building Trades Unions.
AFL-CIO Quits Trump Manufacturing Council
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
August 20, 2017
WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka quit President Trump’s Manufacturing Jobs Initiative council Aug. 15, saying he was doing it “on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.”
First Responders Continue to Pay the Ultimate Price for 9/11
Joe Maniscalco
August 18, 2017
This week, as the nation grappled with parading neo-Nazis, Klu Klux Klansmen and other purveyors of hate, the FDNY said farewell to Ret. Firefighter Robert Alexander — the latest 9/11
Unions: We Must Lead the Opposition to White Supremacy
Joe Maniscalco
August 17, 2017
Labor leaders here and across the nation are speaking out in the wake of the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and declaring trade unionists must lead the fight against
Pension Tension: Inside the Spectrum Strike
Jane LaTour
August 17, 2017
After hours of walking on a hot and humid city street, recently, two Spectrum strikers took time from the picket line to answer a question: What’s at issue with the
RWDSU Conducts OSHA Training for Retail Workers
rwdsu.info
August 17, 2017
Reprinted Washington, DC – The RWDSU and the Retail Action Project recently conducted an OSHA training session at the RWDSU offices in Manhattan. At the session, 30 retail workers took
Midwestern Red Cross Workers Win First Contract
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
August 17, 2017
South St. Paul, MN – American Red Cross workers in three Midwestern states have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract. The deal, announced Aug. 11 by AFSCME Local 3931, runs
Maine State Workers Agree to End Union Shop for 6% Raise
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
August 17, 2017
Augusta, ME – The union representing more than 9,500 state workers has agreed to a tentative contract that would allow non-members they represent not to pay agency fees.