TOPEKA, Kan. – Members from Teamsters Locals 696, 795 and 838 in Kanses are lobbying for the extension of unemployment insurance (UI) in the summer months for school bus drivers
WASHINGTON—Several major American unions have endorsed a bill introduced in the House March 12, that could protect more than 2 million people from deportation.
Washington, DC — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is pushing hard for a comprehensive infrastructure repair and upgrade program. Trumka is urging Congress to provide more tax dollars to rebuild and
BUTTE, Mont.—Industrial Workers of the World organizer Frank Little was kidnapped and murdered in 1917, but more than 100 years later, people are still leaving mementos at his grave in
MIAMI, Fla.—Administrators at Florida’s Miami Dade community college have advice for adjunct professors seeking higher pay: If you can’t afford health insurance for your kids, you should apply for public
WASHINGTON—The Labor Department on March 7 announced a proposed rule that would raise the level of pay below which employers have to pay salaried workers extra for putting in overtime—but
WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO will hold off on demanding that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resign for letting Miami hedge-fund magnate Jeffrey Epstein get a light sentence for trafficking dozens of teenage girls
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Editorial staff at the Allentown Morning Call, the Lehigh Valley’s largest newspaper,have joined the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America. The Morning Call Guild said staff were suffering from “stagnant pay,
ERIE, Pa.—About 1,700 members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America went on strike Feb. 26 at a locomotive plant here, after the new owner refused to
Boston, Mass. – WBUR in Boston voted SAG-AFTRA as their union. With an overwhelming election result of 73 to 3 the journalists at WBUR decided the union way was best. The
