Workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are pushing for a union ā and experts say if they triumph, it could pave the way to organizing fulfillment centers in other states
We may look back on this calamitous year as a pivotal moment when unions regained support as being critically important to building a fairer economy and society
Thereās no denying that labor unions are far less powerful than they used to be
The workers say GM continues to deny employeesā demands for better conditions and compensation despite leading the company to record profits following bankruptcy and a federal bailout
This year, thousands of teachers, hotel workers, Google employees, and others walked off the job and won major gains. Which raises two questions: Why now? And will this continue?
Whatās driving the new wave of unionization sweeping digital newsrooms?
Americaās largest private employer cares a lot about preventing its workers from organizing, a leaked training video reveals
America’s unionized workers, buffeted by layoffs and stagnating wages, face another phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts. From…
JUAN GONZALEZ: We turn now to labor news. As a strike by 45,000 Verizon workers approaches the two-week mark, the company’s customers are beginning…
After numerous failed attempts to unionize Wal-Mart stores, the nation's main union for retail workers has decided to try a different approach:…
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