Tag: unions

It is time for unions to return to demanding workers’ rights without apology. 

As unions decline, construction workers are dying at alarming rates.

From Captain Sully to the ferry crews, it's union-trained workers who saved the passengers on Flight 1549.

We can’t change the past, but we can change the future. Unions are exploring new ways to reach nonunion workers. The Fight for $15 is gaining momentum.

A new word has been coined to explain the difficulties facing working people in our time, “precariat.”

Justice Antonin Scalia died, and the anti-union litigants lost the fifth vote they needed to prevail.

One teacher joined the NUT the day before the strike so they could join the action. Another filled out their NUT membership form on the picket line.

One CEO wants to give his workers a raise, but in doing so, he would like to receive corporate subsidies. Wait, he actually wants us taxpayers to give money to rich corporations so they can pay their employees?

American workers need a union to bargain on their behalf. Low-wage workers in big-box retail stores and fast-food chains need a union even more. If we want average Americans to get a fair share of the gains from economic growth, they need to be able to unionize.

McDonald's new ad campaign is trying to tap into people’s emotions linking their positive feelings of love with the Golden Arches. Maybe it would be better served to ask the workers about the “love” they’re getting from McDonald’s.