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Sunday Climate March Drawing Unprecedented Labor Support »
September 19, 2014 | Jenny BrownClimate change activists are getting ready for a huge climate march on Sunday in midtown Manhattan, aimed at world leaders who are gathering at the United Nations for a climate summit. The march’s message: Let’s see some real action.
Overwhelming Union Win for American Airlines Agents »
September 18, 2014 | Jenny BrownAfter many close votes against unionization, American Airlines passenger service agents scored an overwhelming victory, voting 86 percent to unionize. The win covers 14,500 workers, the largest union-representation vote in the U.S. this year.
Rail Workers Vote Down Single-Person Crews »
September 11, 2014 | Alexandra BradburyRailroaders voted down a covertly negotiated deal that would have allowed huge freight trains to rumble across the western U.S. with just an engineer onboard, no conductor. “There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now.”
Stop Feeding The Hand that Bites Us »
September 8, 2014 | Alexandra BradburyPoliticians boasted they’d persuaded VW to “invest” $600 million in Tennessee—but almost $300 million of that will come from the state’s taxpayers. But what if the state spent that directly, on restoring jobs it recently cut?
