In early May, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will host the 12th round of negotiations of the TransPacific Free Trade Agreement (known as the TPP) in...
Aminul Islam, a Bangladeshi labor rights activist and former apparel worker, was tortured and murdered in early April in Dhaka. His body, which bore signs of...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19) — Corporate executive officers of S&P 500 Index companies received an average of $12.9 million in pay in 2011 — a 14%...
The following is cross-posted from AFL-CIO Now: Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approved a new rule that makes modest changes in the procedures...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: The announcement by the White House this afternoon that Colombia has successfully implemented key elements of the Labor Action Plan and...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 13) — Theresa Brown, a United Steelworkers member at Cooper Tire’s Findlay, Ohio, plant says in...
The following press release was distributed today by SAG-AFTRA: LOS ANGELES (March 30) — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild...
UPDATE: Lacking the votes to pass either the bipartisan transportation bill or a weaker alternative sought by the Tea Party contingent, House Republicans on March 29...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, March 23 marks the second anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act...
By DAVID GROVES The Stand Members of the two biggest entertainment and media unions in the country, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation...