PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 21, 2014) — In 2013, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (SRC), a statewide committee whose members are appointed by Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, unilaterally...
The following is from AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 17, 2014) — In what Communications Workers of America (CWA) heralds as “the largest labor organizing victory...
The following report by Kenneth Quinnell is from AFL-CIO Now: (Sept. 4, 2014) — Let’s pose a hypothetical situation. You’re sitting at home and a truck...
(Aug. 18, 2014) — Many people don’t have access to a union on the job, but support workers’ rights and the labor movement. In case you...
From AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 7, 2014) — Forty-nine years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and...
The following is from Working Washington: (July 30, 2014) — The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday found that McDonald’s Corporation maintains such extensive control over...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 29, 2015) — In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Congress has approved and last week President Obama signed new legislation...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2014) — Across America, state budgets are being balanced on the backs of current and former public employees by breaking commitments to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 17, 2014) –Every Republican member of Congress voted Wednesday to deny federal employees their first minimum wage increase in more than five years....
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2014) — The following statement has been issued by American Postal Workers Union (APWU) President Mark Dimondstein: A Staples announcement on July...