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BREAKING NEWS: April Verrett elected 1st Black president of SEIU

(Courtesy Image) April Verrett has been elected as the first Black president of the Service Employees International Union. The announcement was made today, May 20,...

Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen

Actors Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Cillian Murphy and Florence Pugh were among those who walked out of the premiere of ‘Oppenheimer.’ Henry...

Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement

by John Logan, San Francisco State University April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history of American unions. In a result...

Cellphone bans in the workplace are more common among blue-collar jobs

Six died as a tornado tore through an Amazon fulfillment center in Edwardsville, Illinois. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson    – they also might be a safety risk by Richard...

AP: Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get...

Courting unions on Labor Day, Obama pushes paid sick leave

BOSTON (AP) — Courting unions on Labor Day, President Barack Obama denounced Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" and said he was...

Trade deal poses dilemma for Clinton in Democratic primary

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a trip to Australia in 2012, Hillary Rodham Clinton lavished praise on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, calling it the "gold...

Fast-food labor organizers plan actions for April 15

  NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food labor organizers say they're expanding the scope of their campaign for $15 an hour and unionization, this time with...

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