The following is from AFL-CIO Now: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Mar. 20, 2014) — When the Kellogg Co. locked out some 220 workers from its Memphis plant in...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 13, 2014) — Declaring that “the U.S. Postal Service is under unprecedented attack,” the presidents of the four postal unions have formed a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 12, 2014) — Multinational corporations are increasingly contracting out what used to be family-wage company jobs to staffing companies to avoid unionization and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Mar. 6, 2014) — U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Act of 2014 on Thursday to provide critical job...
SALEM, Ore. (Mar. 4, 2014) — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced Monday that two anti-union initiatives, including a so-called “right-to-work” measure to weaken the state’s public...
The following is from the National Employment Law Project: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 24, 2014) — A new report reveals the enormous scale and shocking costs of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 19, 2014) — The recent Postal Service Financial Report for the last calendar quarter of 2013 shows an operating profit of $765 million,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 7, 2014) — The Republican minority in the U.S. Senate again blocked an effort Thursday to reauthorize extended federal benefits for the long-term...
The following is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 4, 2014) — On Feb. 12–14, workers at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen factory will vote to unionize. If...
MT. OLIVE, Ill. (Jan. 28, 2014) –The Illinois AFL-CIO is working with the Union Miners’ Cemetery Perpetual Care Association to raise funds in order to maintain...